Another key figure in the Jeffrey Epstein saga has passed away.
Daniel Siad, who was accused of recruiting young girls for Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted child sex offender, was discovered dead in his residence in Colombes, France, earlier this week.
Marie-Céline Lawrysz, the deputy public prosecutor at the Nanterre Judicial Court, confirmed Siad’s death in a public statement on Wednesday. An autopsy is scheduled to ascertain the cause of death.
The Nanterre prosecutor’s office announced, through Mediaite:
“An investigation to determine the cause of death was opened on Monday evening following the discovery.”
Siad’s name appears thousands of times in Department of Justice files related to the Epstein case.
He maintained his association with Epstein even after the latter’s initial conviction in Florida, which required Epstein to register as a sex offender.
Reports indicate that Siad frequently sent Epstein photos and information about young girls he had recruited as potential assistants or other roles. In a 2015 email, Siad shared a photo of a 16-year-old girl and her friend, to which Epstein responded by saying the girls were “too old.”
Recently, Siad spoke to CNN’s Katie Polglase, denying any knowledge of Epstein’s criminal activities, despite introducing him to two girls who later accused Epstein of sexual abuse.
Siad conveyed to CNN, via Mediaite:
“I trusted him and believed this guy was a professional person. I never heard anything from anyone I introduced to him who came back to me that they had a bad situation. I believed this guy is a professional person.”
Siad also faced allegations of his own, including rape accusations from several models. He denied these claims, telling BFMTV in May, “I have never raped anyone in my life.”
Notably, Siad was never questioned by investigators before his death.
A former model, who provided a deposition in June as part of the investigation, expressed to the BBC, via Mediaite:
“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.”
Epstein died by apparent suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
Now, another individual closely tied to the Epstein files has died before authorities could question him under oath.
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