{"id":1297,"date":"2026-07-22T11:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T11:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=1297"},"modified":"2026-07-22T11:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T11:24:16","slug":"modelling-scout-linked-to-epstein-found-dead-in-paris-suburbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=1297","title":{"rendered":"Modelling scout linked to Epstein found dead in Paris suburbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/branded_news\/1200\/cpsprodpb\/a6bd\/live\/3c1a6c30-85b7-11f1-bd07-3b1b1452001a.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Modelling scout linked to Epstein found dead in Paris suburbs\" title=\"Modelling scout linked to Epstein found dead in Paris suburbs\" \/><\/div><p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">A modelling scout linked to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead at his home.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Daniel Siad, 69, was discovered on Monday in Colombes, a north-west suburb of Paris, the Nanterre prosecutor&#8217;s office confirmed to the BBC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;An investigation to determine the cause of death was opened on Monday evening following the discovery,&#8221; the office said, adding that an autopsy will be carried out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Siad&#8217;s name appeared thousands of times in the Epstein files released by the US government. He had previously denied any knowledge of the threat that Epstein posed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Epstein victim Anya &#8211; not her real name &#8211; previously told the BBC Siad had introduced her to Epstein.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ahead of a BBC investigation published on 18 July, Siad&#8217;s lawyer had said he was not available for comment, but he had previously denied knowing that Epstein posed a threat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A modelling scout linked to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead at his home. Daniel Siad, 69, was discovered on Monday in Colombes, a north-west suburb of Paris, the Nanterre prosecutor&#8217;s office confirmed to the BBC. &#8220;An investigation to determine the cause of death was opened on Monday evening following&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/branded_news\/1200\/cpsprodpb\/a6bd\/live\/3c1a6c30-85b7-11f1-bd07-3b1b1452001a.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[1798,2561,1629,2559,2562,2560,2563],"class_list":["post-1297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news","tag-dead","tag-epstein","tag-linked","tag-modelling","tag-paris","tag-scout","tag-suburbs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}