State Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard on Tuesday delivered lease documents to state prosecutors who have interviewed possible victims of Epstein who visited his ranch south of Santa Fe.
In 2016, New Mexico renewed agricultural grazing leases on 2 square miles of inholdings, or privately owned land inside the boundary of a state park, at Epstein’s ranch through his company Cypress. Garcia Richard says her agency is pursuing every legal avenue to terminate the leases while acknowledging that the contracts are legally binding.
New Mexico has come under scrutiny for laws that allowed Epstein to avoid registering as a sex offender after a guilty plea a decade ago in Florida.