{"id":25369,"date":"2026-07-22T21:27:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=25369"},"modified":"2026-07-22T21:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:27:13","slug":"daniel-siad-found-dead-near-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/world\/daniel-siad-found-dead-near-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"A man named in the Epstein documents has been found dead in France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"news-lead\">Model scout Daniel Siad, who had been in prolonged correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein, was found dead at his home near Paris on Monday evening. The French authorities have opened an investigation to establish the cause of death and are due to carry out a post-mortem examination. At the time of his death, Siad, aged 69, was under investigation in connection with allegations of rape and human trafficking.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-summary-box\">\n<p><strong>Briefly about the main points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Daniel Siada was found dead at his home near Paris.<\/li>\n<li>The French authorities have launched an investigation into the cause of death and ordered a post-mortem.<\/li>\n<li>Siad was mentioned in over a thousand declassified documents relating to the Epstein case.<\/li>\n<li>Allegations of rape and human trafficking have been made against him.<\/li>\n<li>Siad denied the allegations and did not have time to give evidence to the investigators.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Investigation into the death<\/h2>\n<p>According to French officials, <strong>Daniela<\/strong> <strong>Siada<\/strong> He was found dead at his home on Monday evening. An inquest is to determine the cause of death, and a post-mortem examination will be carried out for this purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Siadov was 69 years old. He had not yet been questioned by investigators in the case being handled by French prosecutors specialising in combating human trafficking.<\/p>\n<h2>Allegations against the scout<\/h2>\n<p>At the start of the year, a former Swedish model <strong>Ebba Karlsson<\/strong> She accused Siad of rape. She stated that he had found her in Stockholm in 1990, when she was 20, and had subsequently raped her in France. Karlsson filed reports in Paris alleging rape and human trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>Following the news of Siad\u2019s death, Carlsson told AFP that it was \u00abvery saddening\u00bb, as he was, she said, on the verge of being arrested. Siad\u2019s lawyer had previously reported that he had denied the charges.<\/p>\n<p>Siad himself claimed in an interview with France TV that he was unaware of the danger posed by <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/world\/sprava-epshteina-novi-dokumenty-ssha\/\">Epstein<\/a>, and his dealings with the models were strictly professional. He also stated that he had not introduced Epstein to any woman, whether a minor or an adult, who had been subjected to abuse.<\/p>\n<h2>Correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein<\/h2>\n<p>Siada\u2019s name appears in more than a thousand US Department of Justice documents relating to the Epstein case, which were declassified this year. In these documents, he is identified as one of the financier\u2019s regular correspondents and is shown to have sent him information about women he had scouted in various countries for modelling work.<\/p>\n<p>According to the documents, Siad corresponded with Epstein right up until the final months of the financier\u2019s life and received bank transfers which were apparently intended to cover travel expenses. In a letter from 2014, he compared this kind of work to fishing, noting that it required patience to see results.<\/p>\n<p>In February, Siad wrote that he believed his encounters with women were part of legitimate modelling castings in Paris. He claimed that, following brief meetings, he would immediately leave Epstein\u2019s flat together with the models.<\/p>\n<h2>The French aspect of the Epstein case<\/h2>\n<p>Siad also worked on a commission basis for <strong>Jean-Luc Brunel<\/strong> \u2014 a modelling agent who had been accused of raping minors and sexual harassment. Brunel denied the allegations and any involvement in Epstein\u2019s human trafficking; in February 2022, he took his own life in prison whilst awaiting trial.<\/p>\n<p>In February, French prosecutors announced the formation of a team of magistrates to analyse evidence from case files mentioning French citizens, including Brunel. Siad\u2019s death means that the investigation will not be able to obtain his account of the allegations made against him or his correspondence with Epstein.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Model scout Daniel Siad was found dead in a house near Paris. 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