Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has agreed to pay as much as $35m to resolve a class-action lawsuit that accused two of the disgraced financier’s advisers of aiding and abetting his sex trafficking of young women and teenage girls, according to a court filing.
Boies Schiller Flexner, a law firm representing Epstein victims, announced the settlement in a brief filed in federal court in Manhattan on Thursday.
The deal, if approved by a judge, would bring an end to a 2024 lawsuit filed against Epstein’s former personal lawyer Darren Indyke and former accountant Richard Kahn, who are co-executors of the late Epstein’s estate.
Epstein’s estate previously set up a restitution fund that paid out $121m to victims. The estate also paid out $49m in additional settlements to victims.
That’s kinda small
Yeah no way the survivors should accept that paltry amount if they agree to forfeit all future claims. They should sue some other groups too, like the banks and financial institutions that worked with epstein, they knew what they were doing, they knew he was an intelligence asset and went along.
It looks like there were $121m and $49m payouts previously as well, making a total of ~$200m. Still seems p low though.