Survivors Push for Class Certification in Epstein CSAM Case (9/29/26)

Two anonymous Jeffrey Epstein survivors are asking a federal court to certify a class action on behalf of people whose images were allegedly acquired, produced, possessed or distributed as part of Epstein’s collection of child sexual abuse material. The lawsuit, filed September 15 in New York, says the named plaintiffs want to represent more than 40 identified people and potentially many more who may not yet know their images were part of Epstein’s collection. Their attorneys say the case could ultimately involve thousands of class members because many of the people depicted in the material have never been identified or notified. The plaintiffs are asking the court to oversee a coordinated process to identify those individuals, preserve the evidence, inventory the images and related records, and work with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and other custodians to locate and notify potential survivors.

The push for class certification is central to the lawsuit because the survivors argue that the scope of Epstein’s image collection cannot realistically be addressed through isolated individual cases. The complaint also revisits failures from the original Palm Beach investigation, alleging that investigators never obtained access to computers believed to contain evidence and that the broader extent of Epstein’s collection was not uncovered until federal searches years later. The plaintiffs are seeking damages from Epstein’s estate, including at least $150,000 in liquidated damages for each class member under federal law, along with punitive damages and other relief. Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn are named only in their representative capacities as co-executors of the estate, and the lawsuit does not seek damages from them personally.



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Epstein survivors sue estate over CSAM collection, cite Palm Beach investigation failures