Lawyers, victims, and the U.S. Virgin Islands government have filed civil claims accusing Darren Indi­ke (Epstein’s longtime attorney and co-executor of his estate) of facilitating Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal enterprise. The allegations are that Indyke, along with accountant Richard Kahn, helped Epstein set up complex financial systems, corporate shells, arranged sham marriages, and moved money through multiple accounts. These systems allegedly enabled the sex trafficking, coercion, and cover-ups, including payments to victims and recruiters, and manipulations of immigration statuses to keep victims vulnerable and dependent. One claim by the Virgin Islands’ Attorney General charges that Indyke made millions in payments that supported, directly or indirectly, Epstein’s scheme, and that he was in a controlling position across many entities tied to Epstein’s operations.

On the legal side, Indyke has attempted to get many of these claims dismissed. Some of the defendants’ arguments partly succeeded: courts have granted parts of motions to dismiss, either because certain claims are time-barred, releases from earlier settlements limit liability, or because certain allegations lacked sufficient detail. But several important claims have survived. For example, in Jane Doe 3 v. Indyke et al., Judge Arun Subramanian denied the motion to dismiss several of the core allegations, allowing (at least in part) claims alleging that Indyke had helped Epstein retain access to banks, structure transactions, and facilitate recruitment and coercion.


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