The lawsuit alleges that Indyke and Kahn participated in a sex trafficking venture in violation of the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act and violated New Mexico’s Racketeering Act by engaging in kidnapping, criminal solicitation and conspiracy. Torrez’s office said Epstein’s estate is currently valued at more than $107 million, and the suit says Indyke and Kahn are eligible for bequests of $50 million and $25 million respectively.
“Jeffrey Epstein did not operate alone, and his death does not end the pursuit of accountability for the people who helped make his crimes possible,” Torrez said in a statement. He appeared at a press conference flanked by two survivors, Anouska De Georgiou and Julia Molchanova. De Georgiou said her abuse “did not happen in isolation” and that accountability “must extend to those who knowingly made their abuse possible, especially those who stand to profit from it.”
The lawsuit notes that between 2011 and 2019, Indyke received more than $16 million from Epstein and related entities, and Kahn received more than $10 million. The suit comes a month after The Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York had opened an investigation into the two men.
Daniel Weiner, an attorney for Epstein’s estate, told CNBC that both men “reject as categorically false the allegations that they knowingly facilitated or assisted Mr. Epstein in his sexual abuse or trafficking of women.” Weiner said neither the attorney general nor his staff sought interviews before filing the “baseless lawsuit,” and noted that Indyke and Kahn have given depositions and testified before a House committee. “They are confident that they will prevail on the claims asserted against them,” Weiner said.