New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed a federal civil lawsuit on Wednesday, 21 October 2026, against lawyer Darren K. Indyke and accountant Richard D. Kahn, co-executors of Jeffrey Epstein's estate. The 49-page complaint is in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico and demands a jury trial. That is a civil case. It is not a criminal conviction.

Torrez alleges the two men financed and concealed Epstein's sex trafficking, including at Zorro Ranch in Santa Fe County. "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," the attorney general said. Anouska De Georgiou and Julia Molchanova, survivors, spoke beside him at a press conference in Albuquerque. Those are civil allegations, not a verdict.

Torrez's office, cited by CNBC, puts the estate at more than $107 million. Indyke would be eligible for a $50 million bequest and Kahn for $25 million, subject to available funds. The state asks a judge to block payments to them while the case proceeds. That is a request. It is not a freeze already ordered.

Estate lawyer Daniel Weiner told CNBC that Indyke and Kahn reject as "categorically false" the claims that they knowingly facilitated abuse or trafficking, or that they knew of Epstein's conduct while they provided legal and accounting services. Weiner asks why Torrez's office did not interview them before filing. Both men have given depositions in civil suits and testified before the House Oversight Committee. They say they will prevail.

Torrez also said on Wednesday that his office is continuing a criminal investigation of the same subject. No criminal charges have been filed in that probe. CNBC notes a Wall Street Journal report from a month ago that federal prosecutors in Manhattan had opened an inquiry into Indyke and Kahn. An inquiry, not an indictment.

Epstein died in August 2019 in federal custody in New York. Wednesday's suit targets the estate and the two administrators. Until a judge rules, the payments are not blocked by an order. The two men remain civil defendants, not criminally convicted.

Image: AllenS, Pete V. Domenici United States Courthouse, Albuquerque, 22 July 2009, public domain, Wikimedia Commons; the federal courthouse in 2009, not the Wednesday news conference.

Sources consulted: New Mexico AG lawsuit accuses Epstein attorney and accountant of facilitating sex trafficking - CNBC, 21 October 2026; New Mexico attorney general accuses Epstein attorney, accountant of abuse cover-up at ranch - Associated Press, 21 October 2026.