New Mexico Sues Two Epstein Advisers Over Zorro Ranch Abuse Cover-up

WHO:

NY Post - New Mexico sued Darren Indyke, Jeffrey Epstein’s attorney, and Richard Kahn, his accountant.

CNN - New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed the civil lawsuit against Indyke and Kahn, described as two of Epstein’s closest advisers.

CNN - Indyke and Kahn are co-executors of Epstein’s estate. Indyke was a longtime employee and attorney; Kahn was Epstein’s longtime accountant.

CNN - Indyke and Kahn have denied knowing about or participating in Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation.

CNN - Torrez said survivors should be entitled to recover assets from Epstein’s estate. He called the alleged criminal enterprise “one of the most horrific criminal enterprises in modern American history.”

CNN - Indyke said, “I had no knowledge whatsoever of Jeffrey Epstein’s wrongdoings,” and said no woman had accused him of sexual abuse, witnessing abuse, or receiving a report of Epstein’s abuse.

CNN - Kahn said he never observed sexual abuse or trafficking and never received a complaint about it. He said he saw Epstein approximately every three weeks and did not socialize with him or attend his parties.

CNN - Indyke and Kahn told lawmakers they would have cut ties with Epstein immediately if they had known about his trafficking of women and girls.

WHAT:

NY Post - The lawsuit seeks to stop Indyke and Kahn from receiving payments from Epstein’s estate, which the article estimated at more than $100 million.

CNN - Torrez said the lawsuit seeks to prevent the advisers from receiving money from Epstein’s trust. CNN reported that Epstein’s will left Indyke $50 million and Kahn $25 million.

CNN - Torrez’s office began investigating Zorro Ranch after allegations about the property appeared in released files. New Mexico authorities searched the property.

CNN - Indyke and Kahn were reportedly under federal investigation and had faced multiple survivor lawsuits seeking compensation.

CNN - A bipartisan commission of New Mexico lawmakers investigated allegations of criminal activity surrounding Zorro Ranch and issued multiple subpoenas, but not to Indyke or Kahn.

CNN - Indyke and Kahn gave closed-door depositions to the House Oversight Committee and said they were unaware of Epstein’s crimes despite working for him for decades and involvement in his business and finances.

CNN - Torrez sued the Justice Department and U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche, accusing the department of “hiding information about Epstein and his co-conspirators” and “stonewalling” the state’s investigation.

WHERE:

CNN - Zorro Ranch is a property Epstein owned in New Mexico.

WHEN:

CNN - Indyke began working for Epstein in 1996; Kahn began in 2005.

CNN - A 2019 email received by a local radio host alleged that “somewhere in the hills outside the Zorro, two foreign girls were buried on orders of Jeffrey and Madam G.”

WHY:

CNN - The lawsuit accuses Indyke and Kahn of having “facilitated and concealed” Epstein’s crimes.

NY Post - The suit concerns alleged concealment of abuse at Zorro Ranch.

HOW:

CNN - Torrez reopened New Mexico’s criminal investigation into Zorro Ranch after files released by the Justice Department included the 2019 email alleging the girls’ burial.

CNN - Indyke and Kahn gave their statements during depositions before the House Oversight Committee; both said they had not known of Epstein’s trafficking while working for him.

CNN - CNN said it had contacted lawyers for Indyke and Kahn for comment.

(UPDATED October 21, 2026 19:23 UTC)

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez has sued Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime lawyer, Darren Indyke, and accountant, Richard Kahn, accusing them of helping facilitate and conceal Epstein’s crimes. The civil lawsuit seeks to prevent the men, who served as co-executors of Epstein’s estate, from receiving money from his trust. Epstein’s will reportedly left Indyke $50 million and Kahn $25 million. Torrez says survivors should be able to recover assets from the estate, describing Epstein’s alleged criminal enterprise as among the most horrific in modern American history. Both men deny knowing about or participating in Epstein’s sex trafficking. They told lawmakers they would have cut ties with him immediately if they had known. The suit comes as New Mexico investigates allegations surrounding Epstein’s Zorro Ranch, where authorities have searched the property. Torrez has also accused the Justice Department of withholding information and obstructing the state’s investigation.