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Former model accuses French scout of grooming her for Epstein

Juliette says Daniel Siad used money, a limousine and her passport to make her dependent before introducing her to Jeffrey Epstein.

  • Former French model Juliette has accused Daniel Siad, a French modelling scout, of grooming and trafficking her to Jeffrey Epstein in 2004 when she was 21 years old.
  • Siad approached Juliette offering "professional opportunities" in the United States to gauge her compliance, conducting what she described as a "subtle test of tolerance" before revealing Epstein's involvement.
  • At a Madison Avenue address, Epstein demanded her passport, claiming she was "in his debt," then offered $120 for shopping; Juliette retrieved the document and fled without returning.
  • Former Swedish model Ebba Karlsson, now 56, accused Siad of grooming her for Gerald Marie, while Siad faces investigation in France for allegedly aiding Epstein in trafficking women.
  • Karlsson stated she is speaking publicly so "we can stop that behaviour and teach young people" how to avoid manipulation, amid expanding legal scrutiny of modelling agencies.
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Ex-model accuses French scout of grooming her for Epstein

Former French model Juliette G. says it took her years to make sense of how she ended up in a New York bedroom with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Paris, France. Former French model Juliette G. says it took her years to understand how she ended up in a bedroom in New York with Jeffrey Epstein, but now tells AFP the "stages" that led her to end up in the hands of this sex offender. The 43-year-old woman is one of the two ex-models who have accused Daniel Siad, a French talent scout with close ties to the late American financier, of preparing the ground for potential aggressors. "I identifie…

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KULR-TV broke the news in Billings, United States on Tuesday, May 5, 2026.
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