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Daniel Siad, a modelling scout with ties to the late convicted sex offender\u00a0Jeffrey\u00a0Epstein, has been found dead at his home outside Paris, prosecutors said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Siad\u2019s body was discovered on Monday evening. An autopsy will probably be carried out to find out the explanation for death, the Nanterre prosecutor\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n
Siad\u2019s name appeared nearly 2,000 times within the\u00a0Epstein\u00a0files released by the U.S. Department of Justice.<\/p>\n
In accordance with French media, a minimum of five women accused Siad, 69, of rape and human trafficking, allegations Siad denied.<\/p>\n
Siad\u2019s lawyer told Reuters in an emailed statement that the modelling scout was never formally the topic of judicial proceedings.<\/p>\n
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In France, suspects are placed under formal investigation only after a preliminary probe, which implies that investigative magistrates consider there are reasonable grounds to imagine against the law has been committed.<\/p>\n
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Siad told French broadcaster BFM in May that his relationship with\u00a0Epstein\u00a0was strictly skilled.<\/p>\n
\u201cDaniel Siad never stopped proclaiming his innocence,\u201d his lawyer, Meyna Arab-Tigrine, said. Siad had died of a heart attack, she added.<\/p>\n
Siad is the second man publicly linked to\u00a0Epstein\u00a0who has died in France.<\/p>\n
French authorities\u00a0arrested modelling agent Jean-Luc Brunel in 2020\u00a0after allegations he procured women for\u00a0Epstein.<\/p>\n
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Epstein\u00a0died in prison\u00a0in 2019 while awaiting trial for sex trafficking.<\/p>\n
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