French-Swedish model scout Daniel Siad, who had close ties to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, has been found dead near Paris – this is a breaking story
A French-Swedish model scout with close ties to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead near Paris.
Daniel Siad, 69, was found dead at his home on Monday evening, according to the Nanterre prosecutor’s office. Siad was accused of aiding Epstein to traffic and abuse women.
He faced five rape allegations following the US Department of Justice’s release of the declassified Epstein files in late January, where the model scout’s name appeared in more than 1,000 documents.
“An investigation to determine the cause of death was opened on Monday evening following the discovery,” the prosecutor’s office said. An autopsy will be carried out as part of the probe.
Siad had not yet been questioned by investigators, but had denied the allegations, saying he wanted to be heard and give his version of events.
In the latest batch of files, he had likened his efforts to recruit women to fishing. “In This busyness I feel like fisherman some time I cache quick, some time no fish,” Siad wrote to Epstein in July 2014.
“I had 2 girls from Sweden, a Slovakian, 2 French and [redacted] the Russian, with whom you spoke and a beautiful Chinese named [redacted],” Siad wrote in an exchange, expressing frustration that Epstein had failed to turn up for a planned meeting. Epstein responded saying: “I will reimburse you of course for any expenses.”
Siad had insisted that the American convicted sex offender had “taken advantage of his trust”.
In 2020, French authorities arrested modelling agent Jean-Luc Brunel following allegations he procured women for the US billionaire. He was found dead at the historic La Sante prison in Paris in 2022.
Epstein died in a Manhattan jail in 2019 while awaiting trial for sex trafficking.
