New Mexico Attorney General Sues Epstein’s Attorney and Accountant Over Ranch Operations

New Mexico’s attorney general filed a lawsuit Wednesday targeting Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime attorney and accountant, accusing them of actively concealing the disgraced financier’s sex trafficking operation at his sprawling ranch near Santa Fe.

The legal action, brought by New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez, seeks to block attorney Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn from collecting any further payments from Epstein’s estate, which is estimated to be worth more than $100 million. Probate proceedings for Epstein’s will and assets are managed in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Indyke served as Epstein’s lawyer for approximately twenty years. Both Indyke and Kahn have previously testified before Congress maintaining that they had no knowledge of Epstein’s abuse, a claim disputed by Torrez.

“None of this could be done by just one man,” Torrez stated, emphasizing that the operation relied on handlers, lawyers, and accountants who have yet to face significant consequences. He added that Indyke and Kahn stand to benefit substantially from Epstein’s estate unless a court intervenes, arguing that those financial resources rightfully belong to survivors of the abuse.

Messages seeking comment from attorneys representing Indyke and Kahn were not immediately returned, and the U.S. Justice Department did not immediately respond to inquiries regarding any potential federal investigation of the two men in New Mexico.

Epstein died by suicide in August 2019 at a federal jail in New York City while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges. His former girlfriend and associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence following her 2021 sex trafficking conviction in New York, where witness testimony indicated that she and Epstein had sexually abused women at the New Mexico property.

Epstein acquired the Zorro Ranch in Stanley—a sparsely populated ranching community situated about 30 miles, or 48 kilometers, south of Santa Fe—in 1993. He constructed a 26,700-square-foot mansion featuring a large courtyard, a living room comparable in size to an average American home, and a private airstrip and helipad. The property was eventually sold by Epstein’s estate in 2023 to the family of Don Huffines, a Republican serving as the Texas state comptroller, with the proceeds designated for creditors.

Although Epstein never faced criminal charges in New Mexico during his lifetime, the state attorney general’s office confirmed in 2019 that an investigation was underway with plans to share findings with federal authorities in New York. Hector Balderas, who held the attorney general post at the time, publicly noted that outdated state laws had failed to adequately protect children from abuse.

Torrez revived the state-level investigation earlier this year. In August, he filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Justice Department, alleging that federal officials blocked the state from investigating suspected sex crimes at the ranch. The federal government maintained that withholding certain information was necessary to prevent the disclosure of victim-identifying details.

Also in August, a legislative commission established by state lawmakers to examine whether local authorities turned a blind eye released a 119-page report. The findings revealed that local officials repeatedly deferred to parallel investigations in New York, Palm Beach, Florida, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, leaving Epstein’s activities in New Mexico largely unexamined and unpunished.