At least ten other Dutch women in Epstein file

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  Anne Mae from Tilburg

  editor Nieuwsuur

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  Evert-Jan Offringa

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  Eelco Bosch from Rosenthal

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“My new girlfriend, blonde, funny, 21 years old I think.” And: “Shall I call her tomorrow?” E-mail traffic between a Russian model and Jeffrey Epstein shows how a Dutch model is introduced to the sex offender.

Next door this woman came News hour in recent weeks, nine other Dutch women have been included in the recently released documents about Jeffrey Epstein. We came into contact with eight of them. Most say it was only after the release of the new documents that they discovered they had ever been in the crosshairs of the sex offender.

A Dutch model who was introduced to Epstein says that a real meeting never happened because she only accepted jobs and invitations through her modeling agency. “I advise other models to do the same.”

It was previously known that the two Dutch models Yfke Sturm and Sylvia Geersen appear in the recently released documents.

Those documents show that Epstein tried to lure young women from all over the world to the US. Epstein also co-financed modeling agency MC Model Management, with offices in New York, Miami and Paris.

Most Dutch women were linked to Epstein by recruiters. According to Epstein’s biographer, Berry Levine, it illustrates his working method. “He used recruiters all over the world to bring women to his island, often under the pretext that he would help them with their modeling careers.”

A name that appears more than a thousand times in the new documents is that of Daniel Siad. He is in very regular contact with Epstein about women he wants to introduce to him. Last week it was announced that a Swedish model, Ebba Karlsson, has filed a complaint against Siad, accusing her of rape. She never knew who the alleged perpetrator was until she saw his name and photo in the Epstein file.

Siad has a Swedish passport and writes on social media about his Algerian and French roots. He also introduces Dutch women to Epstein. For example, in 2017 he says he will have lunch with two Dutch models who would like to come to New York. He sends Epstein photos and offers to take more photos of the women on the beach the next day or to Skype with Epstein directly.

News hour spoke to the models, who wish to remain anonymous. They indicate that they do not know Siad, have not had lunch with him and have no idea why Siad wanted to introduce them to Epstein.

One other model that News hour also had contact with Siad: “In 2014, my portfolio was shared through a modeling agent without my knowledge or permission. He said he could arrange a work visa for me in the US. That matched my dream of also being represented there as a model.” Afterwards it turned out that Siad did not want to send the woman to a modeling agency in New York, but to Epstein.

In another document it can be read that a Dutch model sends photos to Siad, which he then forwards to Epstein. If News hour contacts her, she says: “Models were introduced to third parties through other people at that time, but I cannot remember that I ever had contact with Siad. And certainly not that these were photos that eventually ended up with Epstein.”

Epstein himself also used the women he had contact with to find other women for him. This is also evident from the communication between Epstein and the Dutch models Sturm and Geersen. For example, in 2012, Epstein asks Sturm: “You still owe me two girls?” Sturm, about whom the Epstein files suggest that she had a sexual relationship with Epstein for some time, responds to this News hour: “That’s how he talked, but you can’t see anywhere that I ever did that mediation.”

Epstein also asks model Sylvia Geersen to introduce women to him. In a conversation at the end of 2013, she mentioned a friend as a possible assistant. She also sends photos. “She also moved to New York. She’s 19, I think! I think she would be a nice assistant for you. She’s a model.” But Epstein is not enthusiastic. In the photos he thinks the girlfriend is too old and “heavy”. Sylvia said through her spokesperson that she believed this was about modeling.

According to biographer Levine, Epstein often spoke in coded language. “If he was talking about assistants with recruiters all over the world, he could also just mean young girls. To bring victims to him.”

News hour also contacts Siad, who initially states that he would be happy to answer all questions. “I’m in Paris, you’re welcome.” But later he stops responding. His lawyer also did not respond.

Siad does address the accusations against him on social media. He says he was a professional scout and never did anything criminal. He calls the Epstein dossier “political” and says the documents are mainly intended to discredit Donald Trump.

Most Dutch women who News hour has spoken, find the association with Epstein particularly unpleasant and are afraid of negative consequences. Their names are in the files, but the names of many alleged perpetrators have been redacted.

“This is a men’s problem. They are the cause and they abuse young girls. So they are at fault. No girl can be blamed for this,” one of the women said.