New Mexico's top prosecutor takes Epstein's longtime lawyer and accountant to court over his desert ranch

New Mexico's attorney general has gone to court against two of Jeffrey Epstein's closest money men. He accuses them of helping hide a sex trafficking operation at the late financier's ranch outside Santa Fe.

The lawsuit was filed Wednesday by Attorney General Raúl Torrez. It seeks to stop Darren Indyke, Epstein's former lawyer, along with Richard Kahn, his former accountant, from collecting any more money from the estate.

Who the state is targeting

Indyke and Kahn serve as co-executors of Epstein's fortune. They have long said they did not know about his crimes.

Torrez rejects that idea. "None of this could be done by just one man," he said, arguing that lawyers, accountants and other helpers made the abuse possible without ever being held accountable.

He also said the money left behind by Epstein should go to the women he victimized rather than to the people who managed his affairs.

An earlier federal probe

The FBI opened an inquiry into the two men last month, their lawyer Daniel Ruzumna confirmed at the time. He pointed out that neither man was implicated in investigations carried out in 2018 and 2019.

Indyke and Kahn are also named as defendants in a separate suit brought against the estate by a woman identified as Jane Doe. Ruzumna has not responded to a request for comment on the new case.

Clash with Washington

Torrez is also accusing the Trump administration of getting in his way. He says U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche has hampered New Mexico's effort to look into what happened at the property, known as Zorro Ranch.

Earlier this year his office filed what is called a Touhy request. It asked for full access to the federal government's Epstein files without redactions or restrictions. Torrez says his team was "stonewalled."

He claims federal officials have shown no interest in sharing the material, even after his office filed a lawsuit in Washington, D.C., to obtain it. Torrez says the state is ready to fight in court and will use every tool it has to uncover the truth.