{"id":705545,"date":"2026-07-22T16:37:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/705545\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T16:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:37:11","slug":"model-scout-for-jeffrey-epstein-found-dead-at-his-home-near-paris-jeffrey-epstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/705545\/","title":{"rendered":"Model scout for Jeffrey Epstein found dead at his home near Paris | Jeffrey Epstein"},"content":{"rendered":"

A modelling scout who recruited women for Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> has been found dead at his home near Paris, French officials have said.<\/p>\n

Daniel Siad, 69, was under investigation by the prosecutors specialising in human trafficking in France<\/a>, accused of rape and other charges. His name appeared in more than 1,000 documents in the US Department of Justice Epstein files that were declassified earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Siad was one of several French men accused of aiding Epstein to traffic and abuse women. He had not yet been questioned by investigators, but had denied the allegations, saying he wanted to give his version of events.<\/p>\n

He was found dead in his home on Monday evening. An investigation to determine the cause of death has been opened and an autopsy is to be carried out.<\/p>\n

Siad traveled around the world, visiting villages in eastern Europe<\/a> or flying to Cuba or Sweden, trying to source women to work in the modelling industry. Alongside searching for potential models, he looked for women whom he hoped Epstein might want to meet. He compared his work to fishing, explaining to Epstein in an email in 2014 that patience was required: \u201cIn This busyness I feel like fisherman some time I cache (sic) quick, some time no fish.\u201d<\/p>\n

The files revealed Siad<\/a> to be one of Epstein\u2019s most loyal correspondents. He remained in frequent contact with him until months before the financier\u2019s death, receiving wired payments apparently for expenses incurred during travel to find women.<\/p>\n

Siad was well connected in the modelling world and also worked as a scout on commission for Jean-Luc Brunel, who was the leading agent in Paris, New York and Miami for more than four decades. Brunel killed himself in prison in February 2022, after spending 14 months in custody awaiting trial on charges of rape of minors and sexual harassment, which he denied along with any participation in Epstein\u2019s sex trafficking. Epstein died in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial for sex trafficking.<\/p>\n

In an emailed statement, Siad told the Guardian in February that he believed he had been providing women to Epstein for legitimate model casting sessions in Paris. \u201cHe had a big apartment where he used to organise all his meetings, including casting for models I recruited, for Victoria\u2019s Secret and MC2,\u201d he wrote in an emailed statement. \u201cThe casting time would not last more than 10 minutes. I always left the place with the models immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, the former Swedish model Ebba Karlsson accused Siad of rape. She said he had scouted her in her home town of Stockholm, Sweden, in 1990, when she was a 20-year-old model, and later raped her in France. Siad then went by a different name, she said, and she was only able to identify him after seeing images of him in reporting of Epstein files. Karlsson, who did not have any interactions with Epstein, filed criminal allegations of rape and human trafficking against Siad in Paris earlier this year. Siad\u2019s lawyer in Paris, M\u00e9nya Arab-Tigrine, told the Guardian earlier this year that he denied the allegation.<\/p>\n

Responding to the news of Siad\u2019s death, Karlsson told AFP it was \u201cvery frustrating\u201d. \u201cHe was very close to be arrested. We worked so hard for this, trying to have justice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Siad\u2019s regular emails supplied Epstein with details about the young women he was recruiting. \u201cSlovakia is the place to be,\u201d Siad wrote to Epstein in 2009, noting that he had 45 women to see there. He told Epstein that he planned to spend the summer \u201cscouting small villages\u201d in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary. \u201cI will make you a great surprise when you come to Paris,\u201d he promised. He was still working for Epstein in 2016, writing: \u201cCall me if you have time I am in Barcelona. With amazing Beauty.\u201d<\/p>\n

Epstein\u2019s emails to Siad were very succinct, asking: \u201cwht about new girls?\u201d, \u201cAny news\u201d, \u201canything worth coming to paris for?\u201d or \u201cAny interesting women?\u201d The women were often referred to by nationality rather than their names. \u201cI am in ny, is the swedish girl here?\u201d Epstein asked Said in June 2014. Sometimes, Epstein replied to Siad\u2019s suggested candidates with just a one-word answer: \u201cage?\u201d. Siad liked to emphasise that the women he had found for Epstein appeared youthful, writing on one occasion: \u201c26 but she look 18\u201d.<\/p>\n

Siad, who described himself as French-born, of Algerian origin with Swedish citizenship, told France TV earlier this year that Epstein had abused his trust and he had not been \u201cin a position to know that this man was dangerous\u201d. He maintained that his dealings with the models he scouted were purely professional. \u201cWith time, one discovers that this individual committed atrocities; fortunately, I never introduced him to any minor or non-minor who was abused. I have nothing to reproach myself for,\u201d he said in comments broadcast on French television.<\/p>\n

The DoJ files suggest the FBI was tipped off about Siad\u2019s work for Epstein in 2016. In February, French prosecutors announced they were setting up a team of magistrates to analyse evidence from the files, which mention a number of French nationals, including Brunel.<\/p>\n

Information and support for anyone affected by rape or sexual abuse issues is available from the following organisations. In the UK, Rape Crisis<\/a> offers support on 0808 500 2222 in England and Wales, 0808 801 0302 in Scotland<\/a>, or 0800 0246 991 in Northern Ireland<\/a>. In the US, Rainn<\/a> offers support on 800-656-4673. In Australia, support is available at 1800Respect<\/a> (1800 737 732). Other international helplines can be found at ibiblio.org\/rcip\/internl.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A modelling scout who recruited women for Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead at his home near Paris,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":705546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-705545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=705545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}