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New Mexico sues to stop payouts to Jeffrey Epstein's lawyer, accountant · GNN Daily Breaking News

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  Speaker 1: New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torres has filed a federal
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  Speaker 1: civil lawsuit against Jeffrey Epstein's longtime personal attorney Darren Indyke
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  Speaker 1: and accountant Richard Kahn, seeking an immediate injunction to freeze
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  Speaker 1: millions of dollars in pending estate payouts. Filed in federal
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  Speaker 1: court alongside Epstein's survivors, the complaint accuses both financial administrators
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  Speaker 1: of actively facilitating funding and concealing a multi-decade sex trafficking
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  Speaker 1: operation centered at Epstein's sprawling Zorro Ranch near Santa Fe.
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  Speaker 1: The state's action targets tens of millions of dollars earmarked
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  Speaker 1: for the pair from Epstein's remaining estate, which is currently
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  Speaker 1: valued at over $ 107 million. According to the federal filing,
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  Speaker 1: prosecutors allege that Indyke and Kahn utilized corporate entities and
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  Speaker 1: financial networks to maintain the operational logistics of Epstein's abuse apparatus.
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  Speaker 1: Court documents assert that Indyke has already drawn more than
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  Speaker 1: $ 16 million from Epstein-controlled entities, while Khan has received over
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  Speaker 1: $ 10 million, with pending executor bequests potentially granting them an
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  Speaker 1: additional $ 50 million and $ 25 million, respectively. State prosecutors argue
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  Speaker 1: that allowing key enablers to profit from the estate while
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  Speaker 1: survivors live with the enduring consequences of state-sanctioned abuse violates
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  Speaker 1: public policy and state consumer protection laws. The lawsuit demands
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  Speaker 1: an immediate judicial freeze on all executor fees and estate
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  Speaker 1: disbursements while asserting civil racketeering and human trafficking claims under
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  Speaker 1: both state and federal law. In addition to halting future payouts,
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  Speaker 1: Attorney General Torres is petitioning the court to order full
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  Speaker 1: financial restitution, demand the divestment of Epstein-related business interests, and
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  Speaker 1: redirect remaining estate assets toward victim compensation funds. While defense
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  Speaker 1: representatives for Indyke and Kahn maintain that their clients had
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  Speaker 1: no knowledge of Epstein's criminal activities, state authorities argue that
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  Speaker 1: financial records demonstrate a deliberate framework designed to insulate the
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  Speaker 1: late financier. The federal lawsuit represents a major expansion of
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  Speaker 1: New Mexico's ongoing probe into the activities conducted at Zorro
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  Speaker 1: Ranch following the reopening of state-level investigations. State lawmakers and
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  Speaker 1: law enforcement officials maintain that establishing full legal and financial
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  Speaker 1: accountability for Epstein's institutional network remains essential to delivering justice
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  Speaker 1: for survivors. As federal judges evaluate the state's request for
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  Speaker 1: emergency financial injunctions, The proceedings mark a critical legal effort
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  Speaker 1: to prevent former corporate agents from enriching themselves through estate administrations.