Modelling scout linked to Epstein found dead in Paris. A modelling scout linked to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead at his home.
A modelling scout who recruited women for Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead at his home near Paris, French officials have said, according to the latest reporting on the story.
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Available information indicates that Another associate of Epstein, French modelling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, was found hanged in his Paris prison cell in 2022.
They accused the office of "scandalous" inaction which they said demonstrated "the public authorities' contempt for victims of sexual crimes, even when these crimes are linked to the human trafficking network established by Epstein and his accomplices".
The lawyers said they felt "immense anger toward the Paris Public Prosecutor's Office, which announced last February that it was opening an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's French accomplices".
Anne-Claire Le Jeune, who represents six women who made complaints about Siad, said victims had been deprived of justice: "My clients found the strength to break a particularly heavy silence, given Daniel Siad's ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
Brunel founded MC2 Model Management with funding from Epstein and was suspected of transporting and housing girls or young women for Epstein, according to the latest reporting on the story.
Photograph: US Department of JusticeJeffrey EpsteinModel scout for Jeffrey Epstein found dead at his home near ParisDaniel Siad faced allegations of rape and trafficking in France and appeared in more than 1,000 documents in Epstein files.
He was found dead in his home on Monday evening, in a development tied to the same story.
Statements
«He is dead and he was innocent,»
«It was a complete set-up,»
Separately, Brunel founded MC2 Model Management with funding from Epstein and was suspected of transporting and housing girls or young women for Epstein.
Available information indicates that A modelling scout linked to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead at his home.
Separately, A modelling scout linked to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead at his home.
Daniel Siad, 69, was discovered on Monday in Colombes, a north-west suburb of Paris, the Nanterre prosecutor's office confirmed to the BBC.
Available information indicates that Daniel Siad, 69, was discovered on Monday in Colombes, a north-west suburb of Paris, the Nanterre prosecutor's office confirmed to the BBC.
Siad's name appeared thousands of times in the Epstein files released by the US government, according to the latest reporting on the story.
Available information indicates that He denied knowing of the threat Epstein had posed.
Separately, He denied knowing of the threat Epstein had posed.
"He is dead and he was innocent," Ménya Arab-Tigrine said in a statement, in a development tied to the same story.
Separately, Epstein victim Anya - not her real name - previously told the BBC that Siad had introduced her to Epstein.
During one email to Epstein released in the files, Siad wrote in badly spelled English: "In This busyness I feel like fisherman some time I cache quick, some time no fish.".
However, in a recent CNN interview, Siad said he had not known the women were being abused by Epstein, according to the latest reporting on the story.
Another former model who gave a deposition to police in June as part of the investigation into Siad told the BBC his death meant any information he might have had about Epstein was now lost.
Available information indicates that Brunel founded MC2 Model Management with funding from Epstein and was suspected of transporting and housing girls or young women for Epstein.
Epstein, 66, died by suicide in a New York jail cell in 2019 as he awaited a federal trial for sex trafficking, in a development tied to the same story.
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Available information indicates that His name appeared in more than 1,000 documents in the US Department of Justice Epstein files that were declassified earlier this year.
Separately, His name appeared in more than 1,000 documents in the US Department of Justice Epstein files that were declassified earlier this year.
Siad was one of several French men accused of aiding Epstein to traffic and abuse women, in a development tied to the same story.
Separately, He was found dead in his home on Monday evening.
Siad traveled around the world, visiting villages in eastern Europe or flying to Cuba or Sweden, trying to source women to work in the modelling industry.
Available information indicates that Siad traveled around the world, visiting villages in eastern Europe or flying to Cuba or Sweden, trying to source women to work in the modelling industry.
