A French skilled mannequin recruiter who for over a decade organized for the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to meet a number of fashions, was found dead in his house close to Paris on Monday.
Daniel Siad’s physique was found in his home in Colombes, a suburb of the French capital, Marie-Céline Lawrysz, deputy public prosecutor on the Nanterre Judicial Court, advised NCS in a Wednesday assertion.
An post-mortem might be carried out on the physique to decide the reason for demise.
NCS’S Katie Polglase just lately interviewed Siad, who stated he had no cause to consider two women he had really helpful to Epstein – and who had advised NCS that Epstein had abused them – had been harmed by him.
Even after Epstein’s 2008 conviction on sex crimes, modeling-industry insiders like Siad continued in search of enterprise ventures with him, invited him to style occasions, and allowed him to affiliate with their corporations.
Siad stated Epstein had assured him he had paid for his crimes and that “this would never happen with anybody” that Siad referred to him.
“I trusted him and believed this guy was a professional person,” he advised NCS. “I never heard anything from anyone I introduced to him who came back to me that they had a bad situation. I believed this guy is a professional person.”
Siad stated he had believed Epstein was a casting director for Victoria’s Secret and the modeling company MC2. NCS found no proof to help that declare.
Files launched by the Department of Justice present Epstein paid tens of 1000’s of {dollars} to Siad.
In one message, Siad wrote: “Cute French girl in Marrakesh… She said that she will (be) happy to meet you.”
Siad individually stated that Epstein had requested him for assist discovering an assistant.
In a 2018 electronic mail, Siad wrote that he was on the lookout for a “good looking young assistant” for Epstein.
In one other message, Siad despatched a photograph to Epstein of a lady, describing her as “very polite” and somebody who has “potential” as a “model” or “assistant.”
“Too old,” Epstein replied.
Siad repeatedly despatched Epstein images of young women he encountered throughout his travels, a few of them in provocative poses, in accordance to the DOJ recordsdata.
Siad’s identify seems greater than 2,000 instances in the DOJ’s Epstein recordsdata, NCS affiliate BFMTV reported.
Epstein’s ties to the modeling trade are a part of ongoing investigations, which embrace a legal probe launched this 12 months in Paris that’s reviewing info associated to Siad, in accordance to town’s chief prosecutor.
Siad was additionally going through accusations of abuse. A mannequin additionally accused him of rape when she was working in France in 1990. Siad denied the allegation.
NCS’s Katie Polglase, Barbara Arvanitidis, Elina Baudier Kim, Curt Devine and Isabelle Chapman contributed reporting