Kevin R. Boyle

Boyle represents some of the late Jeffrey Epstein’s many accusers.

While Boyle is unable to disclose client names, he explained the litigation “is going to touch various jurisdictions, the Virgin Islands, New York, California, Florida. It’s a very noble case given that this guy was a complete serial rapist.”.

Boyle said he was exploring the legitimacy of a will Epstein signed two days before his death that opened an estate in the Virgin Islands.

He also said various look-back statutes were being examined so his legal team could work around the statute of limitations for minors who were sexually assaulted.

“We’re trying to get them justice and the only way we can do that under the civil law is to get them as much money as we can, and they deserve it,” Boyle said. “The executors filed papers in the Virgin Islands saying his estate was worth over $500 million and we think there are more assets out there as well.”

Relatives of some of the 157 people who died in the March crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane on its way to Kenya are among Boyle’s most recent clients. Last month he filed a federal lawsuit in the Northern District of Illinois against Boeing because its 737 MAX was the aircraft involved. After the crash, the aircraft was grounded around the world, pending investigations. “The evidence against Boeing is pretty damning that we have so far and we’re only at the early stages of discovery,” Boyle said of his case. Ouafu Zeroual v. The Boeing Company, 1:19-cv-05582 (N.D. Ill. Filed Aug. 19, 2019).

Pending cases centered on the U.S. military’s use of the anti-malarial drug Lariam are also high on Boyle’s priority list. He expects them to be tried in Northern California within the next two years. Andrew Sheets v. F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd., 18-cv-04565-JST (N.D. Cal. filed Dec. 7, 2018).

Boyle said his clients who took the drug while in the service claim it gave them psychosis.

“For many years they were misdiagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder because the symptoms are very similar,” Boyle said, noting he expects the cases to eventually be consolidated.

— Carter Stoddard