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A French modeling scout with ties to Jeffrey Epstein was found dead inside his Paris apartment, prosecutors said.
The body of Daniel Siad, 69, was discovered Monday night, and an autopsy is pending. Siad’s attorney, Menya Arab-Tigrine, told Fox News Digital that he died from a heart attack.
“While he died of a heart attack, the unbearable waiting, the stigma cast upon him—and, by extension, his loved ones—as well as the daily pressure and anxiety he endured, undoubtedly played a role,” she said. “We must await the autopsy results to determine whether his body simply gave out.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to French prosecutors.
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Siad’s name appeared around 2,000 times in the Epstein files released by the Justice Department, Reuters reported.
“I am here in Barcelona I have girls staying with me from Australia Croecian origin, so you can speak with her very Sweet,” Siad allegedly wrote to Epstein in one email.
“I am looking to place her here and Paris,” he added.
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“Photo?” Epstein replied.
Another email from Siad to Epstein from April 2009 included images of a 17-year-old Slovakian girl while he was scouting models in Bratislava.
At least 24 women have come forward as victims or witnesses of alleged acts committed by Siad or others following the February launch of a human trafficking and fraud probe, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau told Reuters.
Investigators looked into Siad, but there wasn’t enough evidence to justify his immediate arrest, said Arab-Tigrine.
“Let us not forget that he was never prosecuted, nor was he ever formally implicated in any legal proceedings,” she said. “In the coming days, we must respect the grief of his loved ones. He has passed away, and he was innocent.”
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