New lawsuit claims Epstein held child sexual abuse material of 'countless' children
Two women have sued the executors of Jeffrey Epstein's estate, alleging he possessed child sexual abuse material depicting them, and are demanding a court-supervised program to identify and notify all victims. The suit was filed in a New York federal court.
A new lawsuit was filed this week in the US district court for the southern district of New York against the estate of Jeffrey Epstein, brought by two anonymous women who describe themselves as survivors of his child sexual abuse material (CSAM) crimes. The defendants are Epstein's former lawyer Darren Indyke and former accountant Richard Kahn, sued in their roles as co-executors of the estate. Attorneys for both men, who have said they had no knowledge of Epstein's crimes, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The complaint alleges that for more than two decades, Epstein — who died in a Manhattan jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges — possessed, transported, produced and distributed child sexual abuse material of countless children. One plaintiff, referred to as Jane Doe, alleges Epstein stole partially nude photographs of her when she was around 12, images originally taken as part of an artist's study. The second plaintiff, using the pseudonym "Amy," alleges Epstein acquired CSAM images of her as well.
The lawsuit claims that starting in the 1990s, Epstein kept a "modeling book" of sexualized images of children in a locked safe at his New York home, and that from at least the 2000s his assistant took nude photographs of multiple children and paid them for the images. The complaint also states that law enforcement received contemporaneous reports about the stolen photos of Jane Doe and another minor but never investigated or prosecuted anyone.
The plaintiffs' attorneys are seeking a court-supervised process to identify and notify all survivors whose images may be among the materials seized from Epstein's properties, including those referenced in recent FBI and Department of Justice files. Attorney Margaret Mabie said a report on Epstein's collection identified at least 15 hits of known image series, including one matching Amy's, but that none of those victims are known to have been notified. The suit is filed both individually and on behalf of a proposed class of other survivors.
