Two of Jeffrey Epstein’s buddies could be in line to receive a large financial payout thanks to a $112 million tax refund that has made the late pedophile millionaire’s once dwindled estate flush with cash, according to a report.
Epstein’s longtime lawyer Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Khan — who are the co-executors of his estate based in the US Virgin Islands — are likely to reap part of the new tax reward now that most Epstein victims have already received settlements for the abuse they suffered, according to a report by the New York Times.
The fact that the duo — who have been accused civilly of aiding and abetting Epstein — could cash in while victims’ damages are already capped has some victims outraged.
“I think its morally objectionable for anyone other than a victim to benefit from acts of injustice and wrongdoing,” victim Marijke Chartouni told the Times.
Chartouni was abused by Epstein when she was 20 and she’s already settled with the estate.
“Victims continue to suffer,” she said.
Epstein, 66, was worth over $600 million when he killed himself in August 2019 while he was locked up awaiting a sex-trafficking trial.
His estate was drawn down to as little as $40 million at one point after close to 200 women and girls of Epstein’s sexual abuse received $164 million and other large debts and claims were paid.
The estate also forked over $105 million to settle claims brought by the government of the Virgin Islands and it doled out tens of millions of dollars to lawyers and others involved in winding down his affairs. The estate also repaid a $30 million loan.
But in September, the Epstein estate got a huge windfall when it received a $112 million tax refund, bringing its worth to $145 million, court records show.
The big refund came after the estate previously paid $190 in taxes in July 2020 anticipating his assets would have sold for much more than they did — including Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse that sold for $51 million, a whopping $37 million below asking.
Once all the remaining claims against the dead pedophile’s estate are settled — including an open Manhattan federal lawsuit against Indyke and Khan for allegedly “aiding and abetting” Epstein — the rest of Epstein’s assets would go into a trust, named 1953 Trust for the year he was born, and then would be disbursed to anyone named as a beneficiary of the trust.
The list of beneficiaries of the trust is not public information.
In addition to Khan and Indyke — who are also the co-trustees of the 1953 Trust — Epstein’s girlfriend Karyna Shuliak is the only other known beneficiary.
The financier’s brother Mark Epstein has said he doesn’t know if he was designated to receive money from the trust.
Epstein was accused of carrying out a decades-long scheme of grooming young girls so he could sexually abuse them and have other men sexually abuse them.
His righthand-woman Ghislaine Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year sentencing for recruiting girls and women for Epstein’s sexual pleasure.
Many rich and powerful people have been revealed as friends of Epstein some of whom allegedly traveled to his notorious “Pedophile Island” including Stephen Hawking and Michael Jackson.
Disgraced Prince Andrew reportedly settled a $12 million lawsuit with Virginia Giuffre who claimed Epstein forced her to have sex with the royal three times.
Lawyers for Indyke and Khan didn’t immediately return a request for comment Wednesday.
