The estate of late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has agreed to pay up to $35 million to resolve a long-running class action lawsuit brought by survivors who say they were sexually abused or trafficked by Epstein and whose legal claims remained unresolved years after his death. The settlement, disclosed in federal court filings on Thursday in Manhattan, still requires judicial approval before it becomes final.
The lawsuit, first filed in 2024, alleged that two of Epstein's former advisers, his personal lawyer Darren Indyke and his longtime accountant Richard Kahn, facilitated and aided his trafficking operations by creating and managing a complex financial structure that helped conceal his abuses and preserve his assets. Both men, who also serve as co-executors of Epstein's estate, denied any wrongdoing but agreed to the settlement to bring finality to the litigation.
