Two of the late financier’s top aides join the settlement to finally resolve claims from at least 40 women.
The estate of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has agreed to pay up to $35 million to settle a class-action lawsuit, according to a court filing from Thursday.
The suit accused two of the financier’s advisers of aiding and abetting his sex trafficking of young women and teenage girls.
The lawsuit was initially filed in 2024 against Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn, both of whom served for years as Epstein’s personal lawyer and accountant, respectively.
Boies Schiller Flexner, the law firm representing Epstein’s alleged victims, announced the settlement in a filing in a federal court in Manhattan. Under the terms of the proposed settlement, Epstein’s estate would also be joined as a defendant in the case.
The settlement, reached with Indyke and Kahn, aims to “finally, and forever” resolve claims from victims who say they were “sexually assaulted or abused or trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein between January 1, 1995, and through August 10, 2019,” the date of his death in prison.
Indyke and Kahn, who have not been accused of abusing women or witnessing any such abuse, have denied all liability to Epstein’s victims and agreed to the settlement terms without admitting wrongdoing.
“Because they did nothing wrong, the co-executors were prepared to fight the claims against them through to trial, but agreed to mediate and settle this lawsuit in order to achieve finality as to any potential claims against the Epstein Estate,” NBC quoted their lawyer Daniel H. Weiner as saying.
The proposed agreement, which requires approval from a federal judge in New York to become final, provides for a total payout of $35 million to the group – estimated by their attorney to include at least 40 eligible women – or $25 million if fewer than 40 qualify.
The payout follows a prior distribution of $121 million to 136 claimants through the Epstein Victims Compensation Program, as well as a subsequent $48 million settlement covering 59 victims.
The release of the Epstein files has sparked a wave of resignations worldwide. The fallout hit hardest in the UK, where three senior officials in Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government stepped down and King Charles’s brother Andrew lost his titles.
The elephant in the room remains. Who murdered Epstein?
Who deleted minutes from the video footage?
When are those charges being laid?
I think murder is worse that rape. The young women are now rich, Epstein is dead. I know which one I would rather be.
The people who murdered Epstein are the people with the most to lose, they are the people who Epstein worked for or the people whom currently have Epstein compromise, they might be one of the same but we will never really know for sure but it is either Israel or the Deep State, if it is both then it is ZOG.
I don’t for one second believe Epstein is dead. I also don’t believe Gislaine Maxwell is still in prison. The person they recently showed is clearly not her.
I agree 1113.
Too many anomolies surrounding his supposed death.
Epstein is sipping covktails on a caribbean island.
Ghislane will join Epstein when Trump pardons her at the end of his presidency.
EPSTEIN UNLOADED CONSCIOUSNESS https://youtu.be/uUzit1XXuLs?si=wqJFt5fj7PufqJES
NOW REDACT THE EMAIL SENDERS AND RECEIVERS NAMES AND LOCK THEM UP ALREADY!
Oops I meant unredact
I agree 1113.
Too many anomolies surrounding his supposed death.
Epstein has likely undergone plastic surgery and is sipping cocktails on a private caribbean island.
Ghislane will join Epstein when Trump pardons her at the end of his presidency.
The estate should surely have its assets seized or frozen. Not wriggle its way out of responsibility
Pam Bondi is a disgraceful, evil protector. As someone above said, Unredact the senders and recievers and start arresting people!
Pay the victim and unredact the names then LOCK THE PERPS UP FFS!
The sex stuff is only the tip of the ice berg this guy was the mastermind and brought together the likes of Gates etc to create the pandemic and vaccine.
And make lots of money till gates pushed him out and stole his idea.