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The Epstein File Explorer
Jeffrey Epstein’s Network: The People, Relationships and Connections in the Files
Jeffrey Epstein’s network included Ghislaine Maxwell, political figures, business leaders, modeling agents and the staff who managed his affairs. Court records, testimony, correspondence and travel documents describe those relationships—and the survivor accounts and criminal proceedings at the center of the case.
Epstein and Maxwell: the criminal cases
Epstein pleaded guilty to Florida state charges on June 30, 2008. The July 2019 federal indictment alleged a recruitment and payment scheme involving dozens of underage girls in New York and Palm Beach from at least 2002 through at least 2005. Epstein died on August 10, 2019, before trial; the federal indictment was dismissed later that month.
Ghislaine Maxwell, his longtime associate, was convicted by a federal jury on December 29, 2021, of offenses including sex trafficking of a minor and sex-trafficking conspiracy. She was sentenced to 20 years in prison on June 28, 2022.
Read the 2019 federal indictment (PDF)
DOJ OPR: review of the 2006–2008 Epstein investigation, executive summary
DOJ: nearly 3.5 million Epstein-related pages released
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Watch video: NBC archive — Trump and Epstein at Mar-a-Lago (1992)
SDNY: Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years
DOJ interview transcript, July 24, 2025
Reuters: prison transfer, August 1, 2025
House Oversight Democrats: statement after prison visit, 2026
Donald Trump and Bill Clinton: social contact and travel
Archival 1992 footage shows Donald Trump and Epstein together at Mar-a-Lago. A January 2020 federal prosecutor’s email, later released by DOJ, says a review of flight records listed Trump on at least eight Epstein-aircraft flights between 1993 and 1996, at least four with Maxwell.
At Maxwell’s trial, the witness identified as Jane testified that Epstein introduced her to Trump at Mar-a-Lago when she was 14. Separately, the Mar-a-Lago recruitment account describes Maxwell approaching a survivor who worked at the spa.
Flight records also list Bill Clinton traveling on Epstein’s aircraft. In 2026 testimony, former Clinton aide Doug Band described Clinton and Epstein as appearing to be friends and discussed the aircraft travel. Band said he had no firsthand knowledge that Clinton knew about Epstein’s abuse before the 2006 case. Clinton has denied knowing about Epstein’s crimes and visiting Little St. James.
AP — Mar-a-Lago spa recruitment / Trump's 2025 account
DOJ Epstein Library EFTA00028716 — SDNY internal email summarizing review of Epstein flight records
DOJ-hosted Epstein v. Rothstein deposition excerpt
DOJ-hosted United States v. Maxwell trial transcript — Jane cross examination
DOJ-hosted court filing recounting Edwards affidavit / proposed Trump discovery
House Oversight — Lesley Groff transcribed interview, June 9, 2026
House Oversight — Doug Band transcribed interview, June 30, 2026
Watch video: NBC archive — Trump and Epstein at Mar-a-Lago (1992)
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TIME / Business Insider — Trump modeling agency closing
TheWrap — Trump sells Miss Universe Organization to WME-IMG
Ms. — Epstein Didn’t Act Alone. Survivors Want the Modeling Industry Investigated.
Leon Black and Jes Staley: fees, introductions and banking
In congressional testimony, Leon Black said an independent Dechert review found that he paid Epstein $158 million in net fees over 2013–2017 for tax and estate-planning services. Black denied knowledge of or involvement in Epstein’s criminal conduct. He said the professional relationship ended in 2018 and that Epstein failed to repay most of a $30 million demand loan.
Former JPMorgan executive Jes Staley testified that Epstein introduced him to Glenn Dubin, leading to a significant Highbridge–JPMorgan business relationship. Staley also described introductions involving Tom Pritzker and Mort Zuckerman, and meeting Ehud Barak at Epstein’s townhouse.
Staley acknowledged sharing confidential client-status information while asserting that he believed his senior role authorized its use. He also testified that he signed as a trustee of the Epstein 2014 Trust and signed a 2015 amendment.
House Oversight — Leon Black transcript (June 26, 2026)
House Oversight — House contempt resolution concerning Leon Black
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Reuters — Jes Staley shared confidential bank information with Epstein
House Oversight — Jes Staley transcript (July 24, 2026)
DOJ-hosted USVI v. JPMorgan exhibit summarizing Epstein/Staley/Pritzker emails
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Bill Gates and the philanthropy meetings
Bill Gates testified that his interactions with Epstein ran from 2011 through December 2014 and concerned proposed philanthropy. He described a January 31, 2011 dinner with Epstein and former adviser Boris Nikolic. Gates said no charitable vehicle was created and no funds were raised.
Gates identified other dinner participants in his testimony, including Larry Summers and Terje Rød-Larsen. He said he never visited Epstein’s island, ranch or Florida home and never witnessed or had an indication of ongoing criminal conduct. He has described the association as a mistake.
House Oversight — Bill Gates transcript (June 10, 2026)
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Andrew and Virginia Giuffre’s civil case
Virginia Giuffre sued Andrew in 2021, alleging sexual abuse when she was 17. Andrew denied the allegations. The case settled in February 2022 for an undisclosed amount, without an admission of liability. His relationship with Epstein and the civil proceedings are documented separately in the linked records.
Giuffre v. Prince Andrew — civil complaint, 9 August 2021
Reuters — Giuffre civil settlement and its terms
UK Parliament — removal of titles and honours
Royal Family — Andrew’s statement and denial
Royal Family — statement on misconduct investigation
Thames Valley Police — investigation update, 22 May 2026
The staff and advisers who handled Epstein’s affairs
Lesley Groff’s testimony describes telephone calls and office operations. Sarah Kellen and Nadia Marcinkova were expressly named as potential co-conspirators covered by the federal non-prosecution promise in the 2007 agreement.
Probate records identify attorney Darren K. Indyke and accountant Richard D. Kahn as co-executors of Epstein’s estate. Virgin Islands filings identify Kahn as administrator of the 1953 Trust. Their linked records describe estate responsibilities and financial correspondence.
DOJ-hosted Maxwell filing quoting the 2007 federal non-prosecution agreement
Jane Doe 43 v. Epstein et al., No. 17-cv-00616, Doc. 28
Doe v. Indyke, No. 19-cv-08673, Doc. 1
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The 2006 account and evidence of telephone contact
Former Palm Beach police chief Michael Reiter told FBI interviewers in October 2019 that Trump called in July 2006 and welcomed the investigation of Epstein, saying that people had known about his conduct. ABC reported the interview account in February 2026. The Justice Department said it knew of no corroborating evidence of the call, and the White House did not confirm it. Epstein’s first conviction followed in 2008.
The account bears on the chronology of Trump’s knowledge alongside his July 2019 statement that he had no idea Epstein was molesting young women. His 2002 New York magazine description of Epstein as a terrific guy and his reference to younger women are contemporaneous evidence of their social relationship. In June 2026 congressional testimony, Lesley Groff said she connected occasional calls between Trump and Epstein. She did not know the contents, whether they were social or business calls, or why the relationship ended.
A Thanksgiving 2017 email refers to Trump as being down there. The July 2010 scout emails describe a former Trump scout coordinating with Epstein and Brunel.
ABC: former police chief FBI interview and official responses
The birthday album: documented release and signature assessments
The album prepared for Epstein’s fiftieth birthday in January 2003 contains a greeting attributed to Trump, with a line drawing and typed dialogue referring to secrets. Trump denies writing or signing it or making the drawing. A reported December 24, 2002 update described efforts to obtain his contribution.
The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed Epstein’s estate on August 25, 2025, and released estate records on September 8. The greeting attributed to Trump is numbered HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_000165; the contents listing is 000003.
Graphologist Emma Bache told Sky News that the signature matched Trump’s examples from the period. In a separate private report, Wayne Barnes described the lettering as Trump’s style and likely his writing, while proposing that the signature had been copied. Barnes assessed a copy rather than the physical original. The May 22, 2026 amended court order declined to take judicial notice of the disputed authenticity.
House Oversight estate records release, September 8, 2025
Trump v. Dow Jones, amended order, May 22, 2026
WSJ / Khadeeja Safdar, February 2026 birthday-book antecedents
Sky News: Emma Bache signature comparison, September 10, 2025
Wayne Barnes report commissioned by Just the News, September 12, 2025
ABC: Comer rejects independent signature review, September 10, 2025
Survivors and the criminal cases
Survivor accounts describe recruitment, introductions, promises of career opportunities and abuse. Criminal judgments, sworn testimony and civil claims record different stages of those accounts. The relevant people and proceedings are linked throughout this report.
Modeling ambitions, agency introductions and survivor accounts
Justine Andronici’s four-part October 2026 investigation for Ms. describes survivors whose modeling ambitions brought them into contact with Epstein and his associates. Its accounts span MC2, Next Management and Ford Models, connecting career promises, introductions and agency relationships to allegations of exploitation. Numbered survivor labels protect identities in this report.
Victim 2 told Ms. that Epstein asked about her career ambitions and assaulted her on Little Saint James in 2000. She said he later arranged a meeting with Katie Ford and that she subsequently became a Ford model. Victim 4 described Maxwell introducing her to Epstein and Epstein invoking access to Victoria’s Secret. She said she never met Leslie Wexner, who has denied knowing about Epstein’s crimes.
Victim 1’s account describes an introduction through Next cofounder Faith Kates, followed by an alleged Trump Tower assault in 1993. Trump denies the allegation. The supplied series and the Model Alliance material differ on the year of the initial introduction. The reported assault predates Trump Model Management’s 1999 founding. Another reported public account traces MC2 representation and visa sponsorship through Brunel to Epstein. Kates’s representative denied knowingly placing models in danger or sending them into inappropriate situations.
Ms. — Survivors Describe How Epstein Used Their Modeling Dreams to Abuse Them
Ms. — Epstein Didn’t Act Alone. Survivors Want the Modeling Industry Investigated.
Sworn testimony describes instructions to emulate Trump’s agency
In her June 15, 2010 sworn statement, bookkeeper Maritza Vasquez described a paper from Epstein’s office instructing Jean-Luc Brunel to emulate Donald Trump’s contracts and benefits for scouts. She said she gave the paper to Shawn Connolly. The statement’s immediate context was a proposed French venture involving an unnamed woman, which Vasquez said did not proceed.
Vasquez’s account appears on printed page 12, lines 8–24, of her sworn statement. Her agency work ended in 2006; she testified in 2010.
July 2010 emails propose an MC2 meeting with a former Trump scout
On July 16, 2010, Daniel Siad described a scout called Tigrane as having worked for Trump and proposed bringing him together with Epstein and Brunel to develop MC2’s network. Epstein replied positively. A July 24 follow-up again said the scout had stopped working with Trump and IMG, described eight models in Ibiza, and received a reply from Epstein that he would be in Paris the following night.
A third-party transcription of a July 25 email gives the name Tigran Khachatrian and describes travel coordination and photograph attachments. A 2013 PBS filmmaker interview identifies Tigran as the owner of Noah Models and describes scouting in Siberia and Kazakhstan.
The July emails describe a proposed meeting and travel coordination involving Siad, the former scout, Epstein and Brunel.
Siad–Epstein email, July 16, 2010
Siad–Epstein July 24, 2010 follow-up
Trump’s agency and pageants operated during the same period
Trump Model Management was founded in New York in 1999 and announced its closure in April 2017. Contemporary reporting identified Trump’s ownership stake as 85 percent. Trump also owned or co-owned the Miss Universe Organization, encompassing Miss Universe, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA, from 1996 until its September 2015 sale to WME-IMG. These businesses operated during years covered by the Epstein survivor accounts.
The pageants and agency had documented commercial connections. ABC reported that agency president Corinne Nicolas judged Trump pageants and that an agency contract was offered as a Miss Teen USA prize. Reuters identified Trump Model Management and Trump Management Group LLC as applicants seeking visas for nearly 250 foreign fashion models. Reuters’s figure counts visa applications.
In a 2005 Howard Stern recording reproduced by CNN, Trump described entering backstage while pageant contestants changed and invoking his ownership as permission. A former contestant separately described inspections that made her uncomfortable.
TIME / Business Insider — Trump modeling agency closing
TheWrap — Trump sells Miss Universe Organization to WME-IMG
ABC News — Trump Model: Felt Like Slave Working for Donald’s Agency
Reuters — Trump companies’ temporary-worker visa applications
CNN — reproduced Howard Stern interview and Samantha Holvey interview
Agency employment allegations and case outcomes
Former model A told CNN in 2016 that she worked through Trump’s New York agency from April through August 2004 before obtaining work authorization in September. She also described disputed expense accounts and poor shared housing.
Former model B sued Trump Model Management over compensation and visa-related claims. On March 23, 2016, the federal court dismissed the complaint: the wage claim lacked the hours necessary to plead a minimum-wage shortfall, immigration remedies had not been exhausted, and RICO could not substitute for that administrative process. State claims were dismissed without prejudice. The Labor Department later declined an untimely complaint; the administrative law judge lacked jurisdiction, and the complainant voluntarily dismissed her administrative appeal with prejudice in January 2017.
CNN — Rachel Blais and reporter James West interview
Employment authorization and the reported work period
Former model A said she performed agency-arranged jobs before obtaining a work visa. The reported work period raises a potential conflict with employment-authorization requirements. The later Fashion Workers Act is not applied retroactively to the 2004 account.
Industry-wide inquiries and accountability demands
Model Alliance’s March 25, 2026 letters asked New York’s attorney general and Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie to investigate modeling-industry referrals and exploitation. The letters discuss MC2, Next, Ford, scouts and Trump. The letters requested investigations into the cited accounts.
The Ms. series also describes survivors comparing experiences across borders, French inquiries and proposals for greater disclosure, restitution and victims’ rights. It reports roughly 24 subpoenas issued by New Mexico’s bipartisan Zorro Ranch truth commission. Brunel died before trial; Gérald Marie denies wrongdoing, and earlier proceedings against him ended on limitation grounds.
Elite identifies John Casablancas as its founder. A photograph caption places Trump and Casablancas at the May 1991 Look of the Year awards at the Plaza Hotel.
Model Alliance — March 25, 2026 investigation letters
Ms. — Former Models and Epstein Survivors Are Tracing a Pattern of Abuse Across Borders
Ms. — What Accountability for Epstein’s Network Would Require
Getty Images — Trump and Casablancas, Look of the Year awards
The properties where people met
Little St. James, Zorro Ranch, the Palm Beach home and the Manhattan townhouse connect the people in the files to specific places. Property records document ownership; testimony, correspondence and travel records describe visits and journeys. Each location’s report brings together the relevant people, dates and sources.
The companies behind Epstein’s finances
Financial Trust Co., Southern Trust Co. and J. Epstein & Co. appear in financial and corporate records. Their records connect Epstein’s business activities to the advisers, clients and staff who handled his affairs.
Bank accounts, payments and congressional oversight
New York’s Department of Financial Services documented Epstein-related account decisions and transfers. Separate congressional records describe disputes over Leon Black’s testimony and nondisclosure agreements. The banking records, financial relationships and oversight proceedings are linked to the relevant people and institutions.
NYDFS — Deutsche Bank consent order
House Oversight — House contempt resolution concerning Leon Black
The sequence of events
Dated records connect the investigations, travel and legal proceedings. The timeline retains approximate dates where the underlying source is approximate.
Inside the properties: island and ranch facilities
Little Saint James and Zorro Ranch combined residences with transport and service facilities. The location reports describe the buildings, visitors and investigations in the cited records.
House Oversight — USVI Department of Justice island photos and videos
Sotheby’s MLS 202102822 — Zorro Ranch property inventory
New Mexico DOJ — Zorro Ranch investigation and records suit, August 5, 2026
New Mexico’s claim concerning withheld records
In its August 5, 2026 complaint, New Mexico alleges unlawful withholding and delay of investigative files needed for its Zorro Ranch inquiry. The complaint describes federal objections involving enforcement proceedings and investigative techniques. The requested relief is a pending legal claim.
State of New Mexico v US DOJ, 1:26-cv-02762, complaint, August 5, 2026
Ghislaine Maxwell: trafficking involvement, interview and prison transfer
Ghislaine Maxwell helped Jeffrey Epstein recruit and groom underage girls, facilitated their travel and participated in some of the abuse, according to the trial evidence summarized by federal prosecutors. Victims were as young as 14. Her presence helped gain their trust, and offers of travel and education helped make victims feel indebted. Maxwell and Epstein also paid some victims to recruit other girls.
By August 1, 2025, BOP confirmed Maxwell’s transfer from FCI Tallahassee to Federal Prison Camp Bryan, shortly after the interview. In September 2026, The Marshall Project reported that BOP identified Rick Stover, special assistant to the director, as the approving official. The transfer decision and congressional oversight are connected to the Washington-based federal prison administration.
SDNY: Maxwell sentencing and trial evidence
Epstein’s scientific contacts: Minsky, Hawking, Krauss and Church
MIT artificial-intelligence pioneer Marvin Minsky participated in the April 14–16, 2002 St. Thomas Common Sense Symposium. Its published paper acknowledges Epstein’s support. Separately, Virginia Giuffre alleged in deposition that she was directed to have sex with Minsky on Little St. James. His widow denied that account and said their visits were to New York and Palm Beach.
Physicist Lawrence Krauss attended scientific gatherings with Epstein. The Guardian reported that Krauss sought Epstein’s advice while responding to misconduct allegations in 2018; Krauss denied those allegations. A May 9, 2013 email extraction also records an instruction from Epstein to arrange a $25,000 wedding gift and discussion of science events.
Harvard geneticist George Church disclosed support from Epstein for his laboratory from 2005 to 2007 and apologized for his contacts in 2019. A June 2015 calendar entry names Church and Harvard Medical School.
Minsky, Singh and Sloman: St. Thomas Common Sense Symposium
WIRED: Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Forgotten AI Summit
Washington Post: The layers of Jeffrey Epstein’s connections
The Guardian: Epstein correspondence concerning misconduct allegations
Released email EFTA00711794: wedding gift and science events; text extraction
Naomi Campbell and Woody Allen: travel, invitations and dinners
Naomi Campbell’s connections include travel on Epstein’s aircraft, invitations to fashion and charity events, and communications through assistants. Reporting on the 2026 release describes contact after his 2008 conviction and a January 2016 request to use his jet. Her lawyer said she knew Epstein as a businessman, did not control the event guest lists and was unaware of his misconduct.
Woody Allen dined at Epstein’s Manhattan home in 2010 and appeared with him in New York in 2013, according to the Washington Post’s account. Released calendars also list later dinners involving Allen and Soon-Yi Previn.
PEOPLE: Campbell event invitations, correspondence and lawyer’s response
Washington Post: The layers of Jeffrey Epstein’s connections
Musk, Branson, Tisch and Brin: parties, introductions and correspondence
Emails from 2012–2013 discuss possible visits to Little St. James. In November 2012 Musk asked about parties and discussed helicopter arrangements with Epstein; another exchange concerns plans around the end of 2013. Musk says he declined island and aircraft invitations.
In September 2013 correspondence, Richard Branson thanked Epstein for a recent visit, invited him back and suggested favorable public comments from Bill Gates as a way to repair Epstein’s reputation. Virgin said the meetings were limited group or business occasions and that it later rejected a donation following due diligence.
Film producer and New York Giants co-owner Steven Tisch exchanged emails with Epstein about introductions to adult women. In his response, Tisch described a brief association, expressed regret and said he declined invitations to Epstein’s island.
In 2003 Maxwell invited Google co-founder Sergey Brin to a New York screening of Down with Love and subsequently to dinner at Epstein’s townhouse. Brin offered to bring Google’s then-CEO Eric Schmidt. Google did not respond to the AP’s request for comment at publication.
AP: people and correspondence in the Epstein files
The Africa trip and Casey Wasserman’s Maxwell correspondence
Kevin Spacey traveled on Epstein’s aircraft during the September 2002 Africa trip with Bill Clinton and Chris Tucker. In a 2024 interview, Spacey said Clinton had invited him on the humanitarian trip. He also addressed a photograph with Maxwell at Buckingham Palace.
Chris Tucker joined Bill Clinton and Kevin Spacey on the September 2002 Africa trip aboard Epstein’s aircraft. Contemporary reporting describes their South African visit, including the reception they received from students.
Casey Wasserman exchanged personal, flirtatious emails with Ghislaine Maxwell in 2003 and apologized after their release. LA28’s review said he and his then-wife joined an Africa humanitarian flight aboard Epstein’s plane at the Clinton Foundation’s invitation. Wasserman denied a personal or business relationship with Epstein.
Washington Post: The layers of Jeffrey Epstein’s connections
Contemporaneous reporting: Clinton, Spacey and Tucker in South Africa
George Mitchell, Sarah Ferguson and Miroslav Lajčák
Former senator and diplomat George Mitchell described Epstein as a friend and supporter in 2002. Giuffre later alleged that Epstein and Maxwell directed her to have sexual contact with Mitchell. Mitchell denied the allegation and said he had never met, spoken with or contacted her.
Sarah Ferguson accepted Epstein’s help with debts and later publicly called it an error of judgment. Emails include warm correspondence after his conviction and requests for help. After her 2011 public criticism, Epstein and his publicist discussed obtaining a statement from her in his support.
Former Slovak foreign minister and former UN General Assembly president Miroslav Lajčák resigned as adviser to Prime Minister Robert Fico after publication of his Epstein correspondence. He denied wrongdoing, condemned Epstein’s crimes and described his contacts as part of his diplomatic duties.
Washington Post: The layers of Jeffrey Epstein’s connections
Portland Press Herald: Mitchell’s denial of Giuffre allegation
ABC/AFP: Ferguson’s continued correspondence and requests for help
Further details in the existing correspondence
Giuffre alleged in her 2016 deposition that she was directed to have sex with Bill Richardson. His spokesman denied it and said Richardson never had contact with her. The Washington Post also described Epstein as a political supporter of Richardson.
Stephen Hawking visited Little St. James during a March 2006 science gathering and took a submarine excursion. In February 2026 his family identified two women pictured with him in a circulated photograph as longtime caretakers and located that photograph at the Ritz-Carlton on St. Thomas.
In his May 6, 2026 House Oversight interview, Howard Lutnick described a 2011 townhouse visit as a discussion of scaffolding, disputed its calendar description as drinks, and acknowledged the 2012 family island lunch. He said his earlier podcast claims about Epstein’s blackmail were speculation.
September 2010 emails describe Andrew inviting Epstein to dinner at Buckingham Palace and discussing privacy. This invitation followed Epstein’s 2008 conviction. Andrew has denied Giuffre’s allegations; her civil case settled in 2022.
Released correspondence includes plans for a 2017 stay by Ehud Barak and his wife at Epstein’s New York residence. Barak acknowledged regular New York visits and flights on Epstein’s plane, and said he never observed inappropriate behavior or parties. The Washington Post also reported Epstein’s investment in a start-up Barak established in 2015.
Emails reported in the released files include Larry Summers discussing personal interactions with a woman with Epstein in 2019. Summers described his association with Epstein as a major error of judgment.
Steve Bannon’s correspondence with Epstein includes discussion of Trump’s threats against Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell in 2018, a 2019 request for an aircraft pickup in Rome, and a proposed documentary concerning Epstein’s reputation.
Joi Ito apologized in August 2019 for permitting Epstein-linked gifts to MIT Media Lab and investments in his separate funds. He said he would return the personal investment money and raise an equivalent amount for survivor-support organizations.
Leslie Wexner gave Epstein broad authority over his financial and legal affairs during their long relationship. In 2019 Wexner said Epstein had misappropriated substantial sums from him and his family.
Washington Post: The layers of Jeffrey Epstein’s connections
AP: people and correspondence in the Epstein files
How the 2019 indictment described the recruitment network
The July 2019 federal indictment alleged that, from at least 2002 through at least 2005, Epstein paid underage girls for sexual encounters at his Manhattan and Palm Beach homes and paid some victims to recruit others. It described assistants arranging appointments by telephone, including calls from New York before his travel to Florida. The indictment identifies three employees by number.
Later litigation and disclosure of Epstein evidence
On September 16, 2026, two women filed a proposed class action against Epstein’s estate concerning childhood images in material seized from his properties. Reuters reported that the complaint sought at least $6 million for more than 40 people. The filing names co-executors Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn as defendants.
The Wall Street Journal subsequently reported that Manhattan federal prosecutors were investigating Indyke and Kahn and seeking witness accounts and records of their dealings. Both men have denied wrongdoing.
On August 11, 2026, Judge Loretta Preska granted disclosure of remaining sealed civil-case material supplied to prosecutors under a grand jury subpoena. The order concerns the release of evidence from Giuffre v. Maxwell and retains victim-protecting redactions.
Reuters: survivors’ lawsuit over images seized from Epstein
Wall Street Journal: reported investigation of estate executors
Jeffrey Epstein’s death at MCC New York
Epstein was found unresponsive in the Manhattan federal jail on August 10, 2019. The jail report brings together the official medical finding, failures in supervision and recording, the orange movement in the surveillance footage, computer searches, bank-deposit questions and Noel’s May 2026 congressional testimony.
DOJ OIG — Custody, care and supervision of Jeffrey Epstein, Report 23-085
Zorro Ranch: New Mexico Sues Indyke and Kahn
Last updated: October 22, 2026. New Mexico filed its civil lawsuit on October 21, alleging that Epstein’s lawyer and accountant financed and concealed trafficking, including abuse at Zorro Ranch. The Zorro Ranch branch links to the case report, all five civil counts and the original complaint.
Original New Mexico complaint — State ex rel. Torrez v. Indyke et al., October 21, 2026
Payments, Housing and Immigration Arrangements
A corrected amended civil complaint filed September 3, 2025 alleges that Indyke and Kahn facilitated payments for recruitment, legal services, rent and tuition. It describes nearly $300,000 in LSJ Employees checks to women and an immigration lawyer, and more than $2.5 million through an account used for payments involving women, hotels, rent and legal expenses. The same pleading alleges that at least three marriages were arranged to affect immigration status. The defendants denied knowingly facilitating trafficking.
Corrected amended class complaint — Doe v. Indyke, Document 359, September 3, 2025
Court-authorized settlement notice — claims and case history
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