GRAND BLANC, Mich. (AP) — Steven Alker won the Ally Challenge on Sunday for his second straight PGA Tour Champions victory and third of the season, closing with a 4-under 68 at Warwick Hills for a three-stroke margin.
Alker won the Rogers Charity Classic last week in Calgary, Alberta, beating Y.E. Yang with a birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff. The 55-year-old New Zealander also won the Cologuard Classic in March in Tucson, Arizona, topping Padraig Harrington on the first extra hole.
Alker finished at 15-under 201 for his 13th career victory on the 50-and-over tour.
Retief Goosen was second after a 64.
Two-time defending champion Stewart Cink (67), Greg Chalmers (69) and second-round leader Michael Block (74) tied for third at 11 under. The 50-year-old Block was making his fifth start on tour.
Henrik Stenson tied for 27th in his tour debut. He closed with a 69 to reach 5 under.
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New Zealand's Stephen Alker hits a tee shot on the fifth hole during the PGA Tour Champions golf event in Calgary, Alberta, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s attorney general filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Jeffrey Epstein’s attorney and accountant, accusing them of concealing his sex trafficking operation at a sprawling Santa Fe-area ranch where the disgraced financier entertained guests.
The lawsuit seeks to stop attorney Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn from accepting any payments from Epstein's estate, estimated at more than $100 million. They serve as coexecutors, and New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez said they “stand to benefit substantially” from the estate unless a federal judge intervenes.
Indyke worked as Epstein’s attorney for roughly two decades. Both he and Kahn have testified in Congress that they did not know about Epstein’s abuse, though Torrez has a different view.
“None of this could be done by just one man,” Torrez said at a news conference, where he stood with two of Epstein's accusers. “This was something that was facilitated, that was made possible by handlers, by lawyers, by accountants, by others who have yet to face real consequences.”
In response to the lawsuit, an attorney for the pair said they “emphatically reject” the allegations and note that New Mexico officials never sought to interview Indyke and Kahn before going to court. Dan Weiner said they would have cooperated.
“Not a single woman has ever accused Mr. Indyke or Mr. Kahn of committing sexual abuse or witnessing sexual abuse, nor claimed at any time that she or anyone else reported to them any allegation of Mr. Epstein’s abuse,” Weiner said in an email.
The U.S. Justice Department declined to comment on any federal investigation of Indyke or Kahn.
Earlier this year, Indyke and Kahn agreed as executors of the estate to settle a class-action lawsuit brought against them by Epstein accusers for up to $35 million. They did not admit any wrongdoing as part of the deal.
Torrez’s lawsuit is an effort to possibly recover more money for victims, with New Mexico acting as the plaintiff.
Epstein purchased the Zorro Ranch in Stanley, a sparsely populated ranching community about 30 miles (50 kilometers) south of Santa Fe, in 1993. He built a massive home on the property, which spanned thousands of acres, and constructed several guest homes, a private airstrip and a helipad.
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Epstein died by suicide in a New York jail cell in August 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges.
His former girlfriend and close associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, is serving a 20-year prison sentence after her 2021 conviction on sex trafficking charges in New York. Witness testimony at Maxwell’s trial alleged she and Epstein had sexually abused women at the ranch.
“We cannot undo what happened or return what was taken from us, but we can demand answers,” said Epstein accuser Anouska De Georgiou. “We can pursue justice and we can insist that wealth, power and influence never place anyone beyond accountability.”
The Associated Press does not name people who say they were sexually abused unless they have come forward publicly.
The lawsuit accuses Indyke and Kahn of conspiracy and racketeering in supporting the “Epstein Enterprise.”
“They arranged payments to survivors to purchase their silence and leave them indebted to Epstein, handled costs for expenses connected to the abuse, monitored survivors’ spending, and prepared tax returns for some survivors,” the lawsuit states.
The lawsuit points to financial records indicating over $3 million in payments were made — with no discernible business purpose — from Epstein-related accounts directly to girls or women from 2003 to 2013.
Between 2013 and 2019, the lawsuit states, Indyke and Kahn authorized and signed off on payments totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars to “the enterprise’s sex trafficking survivors, including those who also acted as recruiters, and other expenses including legal fees, apartment rent and tuition.”
According to the suit, some payments were funneled through a nonprofit that was overseen by Indyke and Kahn. The complaint states that more than $30,000 was paid out by the C.O.U.Q. Foundation in 2012 to girls or women for purposes apparently unrelated to the charity.
The lawsuit also notes a 2017 email from Kahn to Epstein regarding payment of “the latest batch of medical expenses for girls.”
“At the end of the day this is not about the past. It is about the truth. It’s about justice, and it’s about making sure that accountability does not end with Epstein,” said Julia Molchanova, another Epstein accuser.
Epstein never faced charges in New Mexico, though the state attorney general's office in 2019 confirmed that it was investigating and planned to forward its findings to federal authorities in New York. Hector Balderas, who was attorney general at the time, said New Mexico's outdated laws failed to protect children from abuse.
Epstein was not required to register as a sex offender in New Mexico, despite a 2008 guilty plea in Florida.
Torrez reopened the state’s investigation this year. In August, he sued the Justice Department, accusing it of blocking the state from investigating alleged sex crimes. The government said it was not releasing some information to the state because disclosing victim-identifying information would violate court orders in New York.
Also in August, a commission established by state lawmakers to investigate whether local authorities looked the other way, released a 119-page report that said authorities repeatedly deferred to investigations in New York, Palm Beach, Florida, and the Virgin Islands, while leaving Epstein’s offenses in New Mexico unexamined and unpunished.
Epstein’s estate sold the ranch in 2023 to the family of Don Huffines, a Republican who is the Texas state comptroller. The money was set aside for creditors.
Probate proceedings related to Epstein’s will and assets are being handled in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
White reported from Detroit. AP reporter Mead Gruver in Fort Collins, Colorado, contributed to this story.
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez stands with Julia Molchanova, left, and Anouska De Georgiou, right, as he answers questions about a lawsuit against the co-executors of Jeffrey Epstein's estate during a news conference in Albuquerque, N.M., on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)
FILE - Darren Indyke, Jeffrey Epstein's former lawyer, arrives for his deposition before the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill, March 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
FILE - Richard Kahn, Jeffrey Epstein's accountant and co-executor of his estate, arrives for his deposition before the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill, March 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
Julia Molchanova, left, Anouska De Georgiou, center, and New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez speak at a news conference where Torrez announced a lawsuit against the co-executors of Jeffrey Epstein's estate, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026, in Albuquerque, N.M. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)
FILE — This photo provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein on March 28, 2017. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)
FILE - Crosses, flowers and other mementos are displayed outside Jeffrey Epstein's former Zorro Ranch near Stanley, N.M., on April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Savannah Peters, File)
