At least five Dutch models were approached by a recruiter working for Jeffrey Epstein, who then forwarded their photos to the convicted sex offender.
The scout in question is Daniel Siad, a Swedish modelling scout whose own name appears in the Epstein files over a thousand times, according to RTL Nieuws’ investigative team.
Siad would approach women on the street or at events, promising modelling work in New York or contracts with major agencies — then send their photos on to Epstein for his “approval.”
Photos were forwarded to Epstein without consent
The investigative team identified five Dutch women approached by Siad between 2009 and 2017.
In two cases, he attempted to set up a Skype call between Epstein and the Dutch models aged 19 and 20 at the time. It’s unclear if that call ever took place, as the two models declined to comment.
However, two of the other women confirmed contact with Siad to RTL Nieuws. It was only after the files were made public that they discovered Siad had forwarded their photos to Epstein.
“He [Siad] said I could work in America, and I really wanted that,” one woman tells RTL Nieuws. “Then he asked if I could send photos. He apparently forwarded them.”
A fifth woman, referred to in the files as “a cute girl from Holland”, could not be definitively identified.
Emails shine a light on the Epstein recruitment process
The released files, which detail Siad’s emails to Epstein, offer an unsettling glimpse as to how the recruitment process operated.
With various fake companies and aliases, Siad stationed himself in Paris and Geneva, luring women in with the promise of modelling work.
“Here’s a cute girl I met in Paris this week,” he wrote about one Dutch woman he encountered at the Louvre. Meanwhile, for another: “Here are pictures of a new model (…). She’s a very funny girl, I’ll send you the video I made.”
Given that millions of pages from the files remain unpublished, there’s a high likelihood that the total number of Dutch women targeted by Siad is much higher than five.
Siad now faces a rape charge
To no one’s surprise, Siad’s involvement with Epstein is just the tip of the iceberg.
The former modelling scout has recently been charged with raping a Swedish woman, while under the guise of helping her find a job in France.
“He said he found me so beautiful and could help me get a modelling career in France,” the victim tells RTL Nieuws over the phone. “He took me to Monaco, but it turned out there was no work there at all. After that, we went to a villa in Cannes, but it was closed. He then raped me in the garden house by the pool.”
After being forwarded a photograph of Siad from the released Epstein files, the victim finally recognised her alleged rapist, who’d evaded capture for 36 years.
“That was him. I felt sick the moment I saw him,” she says, then confirming that she filed a report with the French police last week.
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