French model scout named 2K times in Epstein files found dead at home

A French modelling scout accused of procuring women for Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead in his home, according to reports. Daniel Siad – who was named more than 2,000 times in the Department of Justice’s Epstein files – was found dead in his home in Colombes, west of Paris, on Monday, prosecutors said, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP). His cause of death currently remains unclear pending an autopsy. Siad was being investigated in France over accusations he helped Epstein traffic and abuse women. He had long denied wrongdoing, saying he had no idea the convicted pedophile “was dangerous.”Siad and Epstein communicated for around 10 years – with their last correspondence soon before the financier’s 2019 suicide in a Manhattan lockup.Siad bragged about the women he had found in emails included in the Epstein files.“Hello Jeffrey, I just found an amizinng [sic] one.She is 20 years old but she looks younger, from Latvia,” he wrote in one sent in June 2009, one year after Epstein pleaded guilty in Florida to soliciting prostitution.In one July 2014 email, Siad appeared to compare recruiting women to fishing. “In this busyness [sic] I feel like fisherman, some time I cache quick, some time no fish,” he reportedly wrote to Epstein.In that particular exchange, Siad expressed frustration that Epstein had canceled a meeting.“I will reimburse you of course for any expenses,” Epstein replied back.

“I value your friendship and hope this did not cause you too much trouble.”Siad always denied wrongdoing in relation to Epstein.In February, he told French TV Epstein had “used [his] trust” and claimed he was not “in a position to know that this man was dangerous.”“I have nothing to blame myself for,” he said in a video shared online. Siad tried to frame himself as someone who was “from Kabylia [a region of Algeria], born French and a Swedish citizen.”But he was accused by two women of grooming them for Epstein.

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