
New lawsuit alleges Epstein possessed âÂÂchild sexual abuse material of countless childrenâÂÂ
Two women who filed the suit against the Epstein estate are seeking a court-ordered program to notify potential victims
Jeffrey EpsteinâÂÂs estate is facing a new lawsuit filed by two women who allege that Epstein possessed child sexual abuse material (CSAM) of them. They want a judge to order that a program be set up to identify and notify all individuals whose âÂÂunlawful sexualized imagesâ might have been in EpsteinâÂÂs collection, and are also seeking monetary damages.
The complaint was filed this week in the US district court for the southern district of New York on behalf of two plaintiffs, who are anonymous in the filing but described as survivors of EpsteinâÂÂs child sexual abuse material crimes. The lawsuit was filed against EpsteinâÂÂs former lawyer Darren Indyke, and EpsteinâÂÂs former accountant, Richard Kahn, who are being sued in their capacities as co-executors of EpsteinâÂÂs estate. Attorneys for Indyke and Kahn, who have both said that they had no knowledge of EpsteinâÂÂs crimes during their employment, did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the complaint on Wednesday.
The complaint claims 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 âÂÂchild pornography and/or child sexual abuse material of countless childrenâÂÂ. It alleges that Epstein âÂÂacquired by theftâ nude or partially nude images of the first plaintiff, referred to in the document as Jane Doe, and that Epstein transported the material across state lines and retained it.
The lawsuit argues that many of those depicted in the CSAM that they say was possessed by Epstein have never been identified or notified through the National Center for Missing and Exploited ChildrenâÂÂs victim-identification program.
With regard to the second plaintiff, identified in the complaint under the pseudonym âÂÂAmyâÂÂ, the lawsuit alleges that âÂÂupon information and belief, Epstein acquired CSAM imagesâ of her.
The complaint alleges that beginning in the 1990s, Epstein âÂÂcreated and keptâ in his locked safe in his New York City home, a âÂÂâÂÂmodeling bookâ of sexualized images of childrenâÂÂ. It further alleges that beginning in âÂÂat least in the 2000s, Epstein had his assistant take nude, sexualized photographs of multiple children, paid them for the images, and then used those photographs for his own sexual gratification and perhaps that of others.âÂÂ
Jane Doe alleges that she was around 12 years old when Epstein stole partially nude photographs of her, which the complaint claims had originally been taken âÂÂas part of an artist study for and catalogued, numbered and maintained by the artist in a lockboxâÂÂ.
The lawsuit alleges that Epstein also âÂÂstole nude or partially nude photos of another minorâ and transported these images across state lines. The complaint also alleges that âÂÂdespite contemporaneous reports made to law enforcement, specifically alerting law enforcement that Epstein had obtained these photos of Jane Doe, and similar photos of another minor, no one in law enforcement took action to prosecute anyone or even investigate these reports.âÂÂ
It adds that âÂÂupon learning that Epstein had possessed sexualized images of her as a child, Jane Doe suffered and continues to suffer severe emotional distress.âÂÂ
âÂÂAmyâ alleges in the complaint that she is a victim of âÂÂactively traded CSAM which has been in distribution since the late 1990s to present dayâÂÂ. The lawsuit alleges that âÂÂon information and beliefâ images of Amy are contained within the CSAM collection seized from EpsteinâÂÂs properties.
In a statement to the Guardian, one of the lawyers representing the plaintiffs, Margaret Mabie of Marsh Law, said that according to the released files, a report completed on EpsteinâÂÂs collection identified 15 or more hits of known series like AmyâÂÂs and that âÂÂto our knowledge, none of the victims identified in that report, or in any other CSAM discovered in EpsteinâÂÂs collection, have ever received notice.âÂÂ
The complaint also alleges that other people, âÂÂincluding EpsteinâÂÂs employees and/or coconspirators, had access to, viewed, or otherwise received from Epstein, the CSAM images in his possession, including images of Jane Doe and âÂÂAmyâÂÂ.âÂÂ
The two plaintiffs are bringing the lawsuit both individually and on behalf of a proposed class of other survivors they seek to represent, who are described as âÂÂall persons who were under the age of 18 at the time they appeared in any visual depiction of child pornography, including CSAM, contained within any image, video, or electronic media collections seized from properties or devices controlled by Jeffrey E Epstein, including the media identified in the Epstein Files Transparency Act productions and the materials described in the July 6, 2026 FBI and DOJ MemorandumâÂÂ.
In a statement this week, Hillary Nappi of AWK Survivor Advocate Attorneys, said that their goal with the lawsuit âÂÂis accountability and identificationâÂÂ.
âÂÂWe want the Estate to preserve and account for everything seized from EpsteinâÂÂs properties, and we want a real, court supervised process to identify and notify every survivor depicted in that collection,â Nappi said. âÂÂMany of them have no idea their images exist in his files, and they deserve to know, and they deserve the chance to seek justice.âÂÂ
âÂÂSurvivors have waited years for accountability, and this case opens the door for others depicted in his collection who donâÂÂt even know theyâÂÂre in it,â they added.
