2026-10-21T16:59:33.995Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/21/politics/new-mexico-epstein-lawsuit
新墨西哥州总检察长劳尔·托雷斯于周三对杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的两名核心顾问提起民事诉讼，指控他们“协助并掩盖”了爱泼斯坦的罪行。
自美国司法部去年年底公布与爱泼斯坦相关的文件以来，达伦·因迪克和理查德·卡恩这两名顾问因其与这位已故性犯罪者的关联一直受到严密审查。
因迪克是爱泼斯坦的长期雇员兼律师，卡恩则是爱泼斯坦的长期会计师，两人同时担任爱泼斯坦遗产的共同执行人。今年早些时候，在相关文件中出现有关爱泼斯坦在该州拥有的“佐罗牧场”的指控后，托雷斯的办公室开始对该地产展开调查。
两名顾问均否认知晓或参与爱泼斯坦的性贩运活动。
托雷斯在周三的新闻发布会上表示，此次民事诉讼旨在阻止因迪克和卡恩从爱泼斯坦的信托基金中获取任何资金。美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）此前曾报道，根据爱泼斯坦的遗嘱，因迪克获得5000万美元，卡恩获得2500万美元。
因迪克和卡恩在国会作证时表示，他们并未因监督遗产工作收到任何款项。两人的律师此前告诉CNN，信托基金的任何酬金或遗产分配，都只能在遗产债权人和索赔人获得赔偿且遗嘱认证程序结束后才能发放。
“坦率地说，如果有人有权从杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的遗产中获得赔偿，那只能是受害者们，”托雷斯说，并补充道，“爱泼斯坦的剩余资产绝不应该分配给像因迪克先生和卡恩先生这样参与了我认为是现代美国历史上最可怕的犯罪活动之一的人。”
CNN已联系因迪克和卡恩的律师置评。
周三提起的民事诉讼正值因迪克和卡恩据称正受到联邦调查之际。此外，多名受害者还就赔偿问题对两人提起了多起诉讼。
今年2月，托雷斯重新启动了对佐罗牧场的刑事调查，原因是司法部公布的文件中包含了2019年一名当地电台主持人收到的一封电子邮件，该邮件声称“在佐罗牧场外的某处山丘上，有两名外国女孩按照杰弗里和G女士的命令被掩埋”。
作为调查的一部分，新墨西哥州当局已对该地产进行了搜查。托雷斯还就司法部和美国司法部长托德·布兰奇提起诉讼，指控该部门“隐瞒有关爱泼斯坦及其同谋的信息”并“阻挠”该州的调查。
另外，新墨西哥州议员组成的两党委员会也正在调查围绕佐罗牧场的犯罪活动指控，并已发出多份传票，不过并未传唤因迪克和卡恩。
今年早些时候，因迪克和卡恩在众议院监督委员会进行了闭门作证。尽管两人为爱泼斯坦工作了数十年，并深度参与其商业往来和财务事务，但他们均表示对爱泼斯坦的罪行毫不知情。
“我明确表示：我对杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的任何不当行为都完全不知情，”1996年开始为爱泼斯坦工作的因迪克在3月的作证中说道，“我完全没有参与这种不当行为，这是有据可查的。没有任何女性指控我实施性虐待或目睹性虐待，也从未有任何人向我投诉过爱泼斯坦先生的虐待或人口贩运行为。”
而2005年开始为爱泼斯坦工作的卡恩则表示，他大约每三周才见到爱泼斯坦一次。他对议员们说：“我们没有社交往来，我从未参加过他的任何派对或社交活动。爱泼斯坦在世时，我从未目睹任何性虐待或人口贩运妇女的行为，也从未收到过爱泼斯坦的任何受害者或其他人关于此类虐待或贩运的投诉。”
两人在作证中还表示，如果他们在为爱泼斯坦工作期间知晓其人口贩运妇女和女童的行为，他们会立即与其断绝关系。
本文已更新补充更多信息。
CNN的埃姆·斯特克和安妮·格雷尔为本报道撰稿。
New Mexico attorney general files civil lawsuit against two Epstein advisers
2026-10-21T16:59:33.995Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/21/politics/new-mexico-epstein-lawsuit
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez on Wednesday filed a civil lawsuit against two of Jeffrey Epstein’s closest advisers, accusing them of having “facilitated and concealed” Epstein’s crimes.
The advisers, Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn, have faced scrutiny over their ties to the late sex offender since the Justice Department released files related to Epstein late last year.
Indyke, a longtime Epstein employee and attorney, and Kahn, Epstein’s longtime accountant, are the co-executors of Epstein’s estate. Earlier this year, Torrez’s office began investigating the property Epstein owned in the state, known as Zorro Ranch, after allegations about it were included in files.
The two advisers have denied any knowledge of or involvement in Epstein’s sex trafficking operation.
Torrez said during a news conference on Wednesday that the civil lawsuit aims to prevent Indyke and Kahn from getting any money from Epstein’s trust. CNN has previously reported that as part of Epstein’s will, Indyke was left with $50 million and Kahn was left $25 million.
Indyke and Kahn said during their congressional depositions that they haven’t received any money for their work overseeing the estate. Attorneys for the two previously told CNN that any fee or any bequests from the trust would come only after the estate’s creditors and claimants have been compensated and after the probate is concluded.
“Frankly, if anyone is entitled to a recovery of Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, it’s the survivors,” Torrez said, adding, “There should be no distribution of Mr. Epstein’s remaining assets to people like Mr. Indyke and Mr. Kahn for participation in what I think is one of the most horrific criminal enterprises in modern American history.”
CNN has reached out to lawyers for Indyke and Kahn for comment.
Wednesday’s civil lawsuit comes as Indyke and Kahn are also reportedly under federal investigation. They have additionally faced multiple lawsuits from survivors for compensation.
In February, Torrez reopened New Mexico’s criminal investigation into Zorro Ranch after the files released by DOJ included a 2019 email received by a local radio host that alleged that “somewhere in the hills outside the Zorro, two foreign girls were buried on orders of Jeffrey and Madam G.”
As part of the probe, New Mexico authorities have searched the property. Torrez has also filed a lawsuit against DOJ and US Attorney General Todd Blanche, accusing the department of “hiding information about Epstein and his co-conspirators” and “stonewalling” the state’s investigation.
Separately, a bipartisan commission of New Mexico lawmakers are also looking into the allegations of criminal activity surrounding Zorro Ranch and have issued multiple subpoenas, though not to Indyke and Kahn.
Earlier this year, Indyke and Kahn sat for closed-door depositions with the House Oversight Committee, during which they said that they were unaware of Epstein’s crimes, despite having worked for Epstein for decades and being intimately involved in Epstein’s business dealings and finances.
“Let me be clear: I had no knowledge whatsoever of Jeffrey Epstein’s wrongdoings,” said Indyke, who began working for Epstein in 1996, during the March deposition. “My complete lack of involvement in that misconduct is a matter of record. Not a single woman has ever accused me of committing sexual abuse or witnessing sexual abuse, or claimed at any time that she or anyone else reported to me any allegation of Mr. Epstein’s abuse.”
Meanwhile, Kahn, who began working for Epstein in 2005 and said he only saw him approximately every three weeks, then told lawmakers, “We did not interact socially, and I never attended any of his parties of his social functions. While Epstein was alive, I never observed any sexual abuse or trafficking of women and never received a complaint — either by one of Epstein’s victims or anyone else — of such abuse or trafficking.”
Both men also said during the depositions that if they had known about Epstein’s trafficking of women and girls while working for him, they would have cut ties with him immediately.
This story has been updated with additional information.
CNN’s Em Steck and Annie Grayer contributed to this report.
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