The U.S. Virgin Islands moved to intervene in Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawsuit against Jeffrey Epstein’s estate because the territory argued that the case threatened interests it was already pursuing in its own litigation against the estate. Maxwell had sued the estate, executors Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn, and an Epstein-affiliated company seeking indemnification and advancement of legal expenses tied to investigations and proceedings arising from her work for Epstein and his businesses. The USVI argued that it had a direct stake in preventing Epstein’s remaining assets from being depleted or diverted while the territory was pursuing claims under its Criminally Influenced and Corrupt Organizations laws. It also maintained that the estate’s executors could not necessarily be relied upon to protect those interests because the government had already alleged that people and entities associated with the estate had played roles in Epstein’s broader enterprise.
The territory also wanted intervention because Maxwell herself had become a subject of its investigative efforts, and the USVI sought to preserve its ability to enforce subpoenas and obtain information relevant to its case against Epstein’s estate and associates. In practical terms, the government was trying to insert itself into the dispute so that Maxwell and the estate could not resolve questions about legal fees, indemnification or access to assets in a way that undermined the territory’s separate enforcement action. Maxwell opposed the move, arguing that the USVI was improperly trying to use her civil case as a vehicle to investigate her and secure discovery for potential criminal proceedings. The Superior Court ultimately denied the USVI’s motion to intervene, leaving the territory to pursue its claims and investigative demands through its own litigation rather than through Maxwell’s case against the estate.
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