Overview
- French prosecutors confirmed that 69-year-old Daniel Siad was found dead in his Colombes house and that a judicial inquiry has been opened to search for the cause of death.
- Police sources and reports say Siad was discovered unresponsive on Monday, and an autopsy has been ordered by the police judiciaire des Hauts-de-Seine to determine how he died.
- Siad’s name appears repeatedly in declassified U.S. Department of Justice ‘Epstein files,’ where he is described as a recruiter who passed potential models to Jeffrey Epstein.
- At least five women have filed complaints in France accusing Siad of rape and trafficking, and those allegations had been placed with the office specialized in fighting human trafficking but he had not yet been questioned.
- Victims and advocates said his death risks denying survivors a public trial and complicates evidence gathering, and the case follows earlier high-profile deaths in the Epstein network that affected prosecutions.