Women Sue Jeffrey Epstein’s Estate Over Hidden Childhood Photos

Two women—identified in court papers only as Jane Doe and Amy—have lodged a federal complaint against the estate of the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. The lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of New York, says that photographs of the plaintiffs were discovered among the massive cache of child sexual‑abuse material seized from Epstein’s homes.

According to the pleading, Epstein maintained a locked‑safe “modeling book” that contained nude or partially nude images of children. The document claims the book was falsely described as a portfolio for prospective Victoria’s Secret models, but in reality it was a collection of lascivious photographs that Epstein moved across state lines for years.

Jane Doe says she was about 12 when Epstein “stole” partially nude pictures taken for an artist’s study. Those images, the suit argues, were catalogued alongside thousands of other illicit shots and have never been properly disclosed to law‑enforcement or the victims themselves.

Amy’s case is similar. Her pictures, part of a series nicknamed the “Misty” set, have been circulating in underground porn collections since the 1990s. The complaint notes that the same set was recovered from Epstein’s properties, yet Amy was never informed that her likeness was being used as child pornography.

The plaintiffs are asking the court to grant class‑action status, award undisclosed damages, and—perhaps most importantly—design a single, court‑supervised program to locate and notify every other woman whose images appear in the seized material. Their attorney, Hillary Nappi of AWK Survivor Advocate Attorneys, says the estate must be held accountable for a crime that has never been fully addressed.

Named as co‑executors of the estate are Epstein’s longtime lawyer Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn. Their counsel declined to comment. Epstein died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex‑trafficking charges.

The lawsuit echoes earlier claims made by survivor Maria Farmer, who alleged that the “modeling book” was part of a broader conspiracy to develop child models for a major fashion brand. Both lawsuits allege that law‑enforcement agencies failed to act on contemporaneous reports of the illegal images.

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) was cited as having contacted only a handful of victims during the Ghislaine Maxwell trial, leaving many survivors in the dark. NCMEC declined to comment on whether it has reached out to the women named in this suit.

Maxwell, convicted in 2021 for recruiting teenage girls for Epstein’s abuse, is serving a 20‑year sentence. A recent whistle‑blower report indicated she sought a sentence‑commutation from former President Donald Trump, a request that has not been granted.

For the plaintiffs, the fight is less about money and more about recognition—knowing that their pictures exist in a criminal collection and having a chance to seek justice. As Nappi put it, “Many of them have no idea their images exist in his files, and they deserve to know.”