Legislators call for inquiry into activity at Zorro Ranch
By Hamilton Kahn
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SANTA FE, New Mexico (KOAT) — With the state Legislature poised for another special session beginning Monday, some lawmakers have called for a “truth commission” to get more information on what took place at the Zorro Ranch, a huge estate built on property south of Santa Fe that Jeffrey Epstein bought in 1993.
Epstein, who died in jail in New York after being arrested on sex trafficking charges in 2019, also had a brownstone residence in Manhattan and a private island in the Caribbean, where he was known to have been host to many well-known people whom he entertained with young women, many of whom may have been below the age of legal consent.
Epstein was also a close friend of President Donald Trump, who has said he ended his relationship with Epstein before being elected for his first time as president in 2016.
After he was investigated in March 2005 for molesting a 14-year-old girl, Epstein spent 18 months in jail on a single charge of soliciting a prostitute, under the terms of a plea deal with Florida prosecutors.
His long-time partner, Ghislaine Maxwell, is currently serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking, for which she was convicted in 2021.
Epstein never faced charges in New Mexico, but the state Attorney General’s office confirmed that it interviewed possible victims who had visited the Zorro Ranch. It was sold in 2023 to pay creditors.
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