Today in Focus Jeffrey Epstein The Epstein fixer found dead in his Paris flat - podcast Longtime Epstein associate Daniel Siad – himself accused of human trafficking and rape – was found dead last week. Where does that leave those pursuing justice? With former model Ebba Karlsson and journalist Amelia Gentleman
More ways to listen Apple podcasts Spotify RSS Feed Download Presented by Helen Pidd with Amelia Gentleman ; produced by Alex Atack , Eli Block and Brian McNamara ; executive producer Sami Kent Wed 29 Jul 2026 04.00 CEST Share Ebba Karlsson was 20 when she met him. She was with her boyfriend and her friends, hanging out in a park in downtown Stockholm, when an older French guy approached her, and asked if she had ever modelled. His name, he told her, was Daniel Goldberg. And he was a model scout with connections all over.
A little while later, she was with him in a beautiful villa near Cannes, overlooking the Mediterranean. It was there, she says, that he raped her.
“Afterwards I blamed myself”, she tells Helen Pidd , “because I thought why didn’t I fight back or punch him or run away? But I was too scared to.”
For decades though, Ebba could find out little about this Daniel Goldberg. It was only late last year – once the Epstein files were released – that a journalist called her with the news. They had found the scout … but his name was Daniel Siad.
Guardian journalist Amelia Gentleman describes what is know about Daniel Siad – the model scout accused by multiple women of human trafficking and rape – and his relationship with the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein .
After his sudden death at his home in Paris last week, what now for the women pursuing justice against Siad, and the many enablers of Epstein’s crimes?