Modelling scout linked to Epstein found dead in Paris suburbs

In a recent CNN interview, Siad said he did not know the women were being abused by Epstein: "I trusted him, I believed this guy is a professional person."Siad himself was the subject of several complaints in France, including allegations of rape, with the first filed in February. He denied wrongdoing in multiple recent media interviews, telling BFMTV in May: "I have never raped anyone in my life."A former model who had given a deposition to police in June as part of the investigation into Siad told the BBC his death meant information he may have had about Epstein was now lost."An important link in the chain has just vanished into thin air, without there even having been a chance to recover the information Daniel Siad might have possessed—given that he was never questioned," she said."Too much time has been lost... and it is yet another way for the leads to go cold. I hope we won't have to wait another seven years to see his home searched, even though I think it is already too late."Anne-Claire Le Jeune, part of a group of lawyers from NGO Innocence en Danger which pushed for the start of an investigation into Epstein in Paris in 2019, said victims had been deprived of justice."My clients found the strength to break a particularly heavy silence, given Daniel Siad's ties to Jeffrey Epstein," she said. "They faced every stage of the proceedings with remarkable courage.""It is deeply regrettable that the slow pace of the investigation resulted in his death before he could be questioned or taken into police custody, thereby depriving the victims of a crucial step in their pursuit of truth and justice."