Overview
- Daniel Siad, 69, was found dead in his Colombes home and his death was publicly confirmed by the Nanterre prosecutor’s office after the body was discovered on Monday.
- French authorities opened a judicial investigation and ordered an autopsy to determine how Siad died and to record facts relevant to the separate criminal inquiry already under way.
- Siad was under investigation in France for alleged sexual offenses and human trafficking that followed publication of declassified U.S. Department of Justice files mentioning him repeatedly and showing payments from Jeffrey Epstein.
- At least one former model, Ebba P. Karlsson, filed a criminal complaint in February accusing Siad of rape and exploitation after identifying him in the DOJ documents, and multiple other complainants had come forward.
- Victims’ advocates warned the death could hinder prosecutions and evidence gathering as investigators treat Paris as a key node in Epstein’s European network and probe both sexual crimes and possible financial links.