Epstein-Linked Scout Found Dead Near Paris

In recent interviews, Siad rejected claims that he knew women were being abused by Epstein. He told CNN that he trusted Epstein and believed him to be a professional. He also told BFMTV in May that he had never raped anyone in his life. In one email to Epstein released in the files, Siad wrote, in broken English, that he felt like a fisherman in business, sometimes catching fish quickly and sometimes catching none.

The case drew sharp reaction from women who said they had made complaints against Siad. Lawyers for one former model said they were stunned by his death and said alleged victims had been denied a criminal trial. They criticized the Paris prosecutor’s office for what they called slow action after announcing an investigation into Epstein’s French accomplices. Another former model who gave a deposition to police in June told the BBC that any information Siad might have held about Epstein was now lost.

Background in the wider Epstein case has kept attention on his associates in France. Another French figure linked to Epstein, modelling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, was found hanged in his Paris prison cell in 2022 while under investigation over alleged crimes involving minors. Epstein himself died in a New York jail cell in 2019 while awaiting a federal sex-trafficking trial. For American readers, the Daniel Siad death is another reminder that the Epstein case still has unresolved threads, and investigators on both sides of the Atlantic are still dealing with the fallout.