News24 | Family fears death as name of German model missing for 11 years appears in Epstein files
People visit the pop-up exhibit ‘Donald J Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room’ where 3 437 bound volumes of the ‘Epstein Files’ are on display in Washington, DC.
A missing German model is named in the Jeffrey Epstein files.She had long been in contact with a model recruiter named Daniel Siad. Her mother fears that she is dead.A German model missing for almost 11 years is named in the Jeffrey Epstein files, heightening her family’s fears about her fate, German news weekly Der Spiegel reported on Wednesday.The woman, only identified as “Michele”, left her family home in September 2015 when she was 22 and has not been heard of since, the report said.She had long been in contact with a model recruiter named Daniel Siad, who had links to the late convicted sex offender, Epstein.She had spent time in Dubai and other international locations, said Der Spiegel and public broadcaster ZDF.Siad is under investigation in France, accused of aiding Epstein in trafficking and abusing women.READ | Bill Gates tells Epstein hearing he 'never victimised anyone'He denies the accusations.Epstein died in custody in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges involving minors.Der Spiegel said Siad’s name frequently comes up in the Epstein files, in emails in which he sent Epstein photos of women and their bodily measurements, praising their beauty.Der Spiegel said Siad also sent Epstein pictures of Michele and later wrote that “you will love her”, although the magazine says there is no proof that she ever met the millionaire.Two former assistants of Epstein, contacted for comment by the magazine, said they had never seen Michele.Der Spiegel and ZDF tried to speak with Siad, but he and his lawyer did not respond to several requests.The model’s mother is quoted as saying in the article that she fears the worst.She is quoted as saying:I think she’s no longer alive.“That something was done to her.”On Wednesday, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates denied that he had “victimised anyone” as he began closed-door testimony to US lawmakers over his relationship with notorious sex offender Epstein.Gates, one of the world’s richest men and a leading philanthropist, appeared before the House Oversight Committee for a transcribed interview about the disgraced financier, who died in a New York jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges involving underage girls.“I never witnessed nor had any indication that Epstein was engaged in ongoing criminal conduct,” Gates said in prepared opening remarks released as the interview began. “I never went to his island, his ranch, or his Florida home. I have never victimised anyone.”The Epstein files include a 2013 draft email in which Epstein appeared to suggest he had helped Gates manage the fallout from extramarital affairs, including by seeking antibiotics after a sexually transmitted infection.
