<p>New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed a civil lawsuit on Wednesday against Jeffrey Epstein's longtime attorney and accountant, accusing them of helping to finance and conceal his sex trafficking operation. The suit names attorney Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn, who are the co-executors of Epstein's estate. It was filed in U.S. District Court in New Mexico.</p>

<p>According to the attorney general's office, the complaint alleges that Indyke and Kahn facilitated and financially benefited from a decades-long trafficking operation that included abuse of girls and young women at Epstein's Zorro Ranch, a sprawling property near Santa Fe. The office says the suit details allegations from more than seven survivors over a 20-year period. Torrez has also accused the two men of knowing about the abuse. The suit asks the court to stop them from accepting any payments from Epstein's estate, which Torrez says holds more than $100 million and from which the co-executors could receive tens of millions of dollars in bequests. Torrez said that money rightfully belongs to survivors. He said accountability cannot end with Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell. His office describes the case as the first lawsuit in its broader Epstein investigation and says it is still waiting for additional files that could help its ongoing criminal investigation. In August, Torrez sued the U.S. Justice Department, accusing it of stonewalling New Mexico officials.</p>

<p>Indyke and Kahn have denied knowing about Epstein's abuse. Both have testified before a congressional committee that they were unaware of it, according to the Associated Press. Their attorney, Daniel Weiner, said neither the attorney general nor anyone from his office asked to speak with them, and that if the office wanted the facts about their professional work for Epstein, it could have scheduled interviews. The allegations in the suit have not been tested in court.</p>

<p>Epstein bought Zorro Ranch from the family of a former New Mexico governor and never faced charges in the state. New Mexico's attorney general at the time confirmed in 2019 that the state was investigating and planned to send its findings to federal authorities in New York, and the state's outdated laws were cited as failing to protect children. Epstein was not required to register as a sex offender in New Mexico despite his 2008 guilty plea in Florida. He died in August 2019 in a federal jail in New York City while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. Reporting comes from <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/new-mexico-sues-epstein-attorney-accountant-accuses-hiding-sex-traffic-rcna604831" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">NBC News</a>, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/21/epstein-new-mexico-lawsuit-sex-trafficking.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">CNBC</a>, <a href="https://www.kob.com/news/top-news/new-mexico-attorney-general-sues-epstein-attorney-accountant-over-sex-trafficking-operation/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow