Death of Jeffrey Epstein's alleged recruiter: What the autopsy reveals

French authorities indicated on Friday that the autopsy of the body of Daniel Siad, the alleged pimp for women working for convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who was found dead in Colombes (Paris region), did not reveal any "traces of recent violence that could be linked to the death".

The forensic examination carried out on Thursday "did not reveal any immediate cause of death at this stage," the Nanterre prosecutor's office said in a statement.

However, it "revealed an altered state of health, as well as traces of a previous heart attack that could pose a risk of sudden death," the prosecutor's office added. Further analyses, including toxicological tests and examinations of the tissue samples, have been ordered.

The investigation into the cause of death "is continuing," according to the public prosecutor's office.

The body of Daniel Siad, 69, was discovered at his home in Colombes on Monday evening.

Targeted by several complaints, including for rape, this model recruiter, who presented himself as "born French and a Swedish citizen", was the subject of an investigation in Paris.

He disputed these accusations and stated that he wanted to be heard by investigators to give his version of events.

Although his death brought the investigation concerning him to a close, "the framework investigation opened on February 18, 2026" and "entrusted to the Central Office for the Repression of Human Trafficking continues in order to identify all persons likely to be implicated," Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau stated in a press release on Wednesday evening.

The first complaint against Siad was filed on February 10 in Paris by a former Swedish model, Ebba P. Karlsson.

The woman in her fifties was unaware of his identity until she recognized him in the declassified archives related to Epstein - where Siad is cited in more than a thousand documents.

In her complaint, she accuses him of raping her when she was 20 years old and then of sexually exploiting her by introducing her to Gérald Marie, former director of the prestigious Elite modeling agency, whom she accuses of another rape.

AFP