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New Mexico sues two men tied to the Epstein estate

The File desk · Oct. 22, 2026, 6:40 a.m. ET

Partially confirmed1 primary sources

Status

Partially confirmed. The New Mexico attorney general filed a civil lawsuit on Oct. 21, 2026. The filing's claims are allegations. The fact of the filing is the office's announcement. A criminal investigation, the office says, is still open.
  • Confirmed
    Attorney General Raúl Torrez said the state sued Darren K. Indyke and Richard D. Kahn, and also named the Estate of Jeffrey Epstein and the 1953 Trust.
  • Partially confirmed
    What the complaint says those men did is an allegation. They have not been proved in this civil case by the page used here.
New Mexico's attorney general sued two men he says handled Jeffrey Epstein's affairs, and he asked a federal court to block estate payments and recover money for survivors. The men are Darren K. Indyke and Richard D. Kahn. The suit is civil, and the complaint's claims are allegations.1
The office said that the case was filed Wednesday in Albuquerque, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, under the and the . It also names the Estate of Jeffrey Epstein and the 1953 Trust. The office says the estate is valued at more than $107 million, and it describes eligible bequests of $50 million and $25 million. It says Indyke received more than $16 million from 2011 through 2019, and Kahn more than $10 million. It names Zorro Ranch, near Stanley in Santa Fe County. Those amounts and places are the office's account of its complaint.1
The office says a criminal investigation remains ongoing. This story does not treat the civil claims as findings. Survivor names that appear in the release are not repeated here.
Why it matters (Estimate). Estimate. Money still sitting in an estate can be paid out to people the state says helped run the abuse, or it can be held for people who say they were harmed. The attorney general is asking a court to do the second. Nothing on the page used here is a criminal conviction of Indyke or Kahn.
The ranch named in the release is Zorro Ranch, near Stanley, in Santa Fe County.
How we know

Notes

  1. 1.New Mexico Department of Justice, Oct. 21, 2026, Albuquerque. https://nmdoj.gov/press-release/attorney-general-torrez-sues-epstein-associates-indyke-and-kahn-to-block-estate-payments-and-recover-damages-for-survivors/ Civil suit against Darren K. Indyke and Richard D. Kahn, also naming the Estate of Jeffrey Epstein and the 1953 Trust, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. The office cites the and the . Estate valued at more than $107 million. Eligible bequests of $50 million and $25 million. Indyke more than $16 million from 2011 through 2019. Kahn more than $10 million. Zorro Ranch, near Stanley, Santa Fe County. The office says a criminal investigation remains ongoing. The complaint's claims are allegations. Survivor names in the release are not used in this story.

What is still unknown or disputed

  • Whether the court will block the payments.
  • The defendants' response. Not obtained.
  • What the open criminal investigation will charge, if anything.

Primary sources

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  1. Source 1

    New Mexico sues Indyke and Kahn

    New Mexico Department of Justice · October 21, 2026

    The attorney general filed a civil suit against Darren K. Indyke and Richard D. Kahn and named the Epstein estate and the 1953 Trust.

    https://nmdoj.gov/press-release/attorney-general-torrez-sues-epstein-associates-indyke-and-kahn-to-block-estate-payments-and-recover-damages-for-survivors/

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