Epstein Survivors Sue His Estate Over Child Sexual Abuse Material Collection

Two women whose images as girls were found in pornography seized from Jeffrey Epstein have filed a class action lawsuit seeking damages from the late sex offender’s estate on behalf of people featured in his collection of thousands of images and videos of child sexual abuse material.

 

The lawsuit seeks at least $6 million on behalf of more than 40 people, some of whom appeared in Epstein’s so-called “modelling book”, a collection of sexualised images of children seized by federal investigators in 2019 from his New York home, according to a filing in Manhattan federal district court.

 

Others were depicted in thousands of downloaded videos and images of child sexual abuse material and other pornography recovered from Epstein’s properties, according to the lawsuit.

 

The action seeks to broaden the legal claims against Epstein’s estate beyond women who have sued over alleged sexual assaults, to people he allegedly exploited as children through images he and his associates took of them or obtained. In some cases, the images were subsequently distributed to others.

 

The lawsuit names Epstein’s former attorney Darren Indyke and former accountant Richard Kahn, the co-executors of his estate, as defendants. Daniel Weiner, a lawyer representing Indyke, declined to comment. An attorney for Kahn did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

 

One of the plaintiffs, identified as Jane Doe, alleges that Epstein stole partially nude photographs of her taken when she was 12. The other, who uses the pseudonym “Amy”, says she is featured in child sexual abuse material seized from Epstein’s properties in 2019 that is still being traded.

 

Hillary Nappi, a lawyer representing the plaintiffs, said the lawsuit could potentially involve thousands of class members. In an interview, she said most of the people pictured in Epstein’s collection had never been identified.

 

The lawsuit calls for Epstein’s estate and federal authorities to work with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to identify individuals in the collection and notify them. It asks the estate to pay class members $150,000 each, along with other penalties.

 

Epstein was convicted in 2008 of soliciting sex from a minor and was charged with sex trafficking of minors in 2019, months before he was found dead in a New York jail cell. His death was ruled a suicide. He was never prosecuted for creating, obtaining or distributing child sexual abuse material.

 

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