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The survivor, identified only as Roza, had arrived in the United States from Uzbekistan a month earlier at age 18 when MC2 Model Management’s US branch directed her to Jeffrey Epstein’s Palm Beach mansion for two photoshoots in 2009. Epstein was then serving a sentence for sex offenses against a minor but was permitted to spend days working from his residence. “My agency’s job was to protect me, and they failed. In fact, they put me in danger. And for that, they should be held accountable,” she told the BBC World Service. Roza added that the agency was fully aware of her whereabouts during the visits, which preceded her later work as Epstein’s assistant and subsequent systematic rape by him.
MC2’s US president at the time, Jeff Fuller, arranged the trips, according to the account, and an expense record indicates he booked her return flight after the second visit. Fuller did not respond to requests for comment on the allegations and has previously denied knowledge of the visits or any abuse. A month after Epstein’s 2019 arrest, the MC2 US branch closed and Fuller launched The Source Models, which absorbed around 50 models from the prior agency, the BBC reported.[[1]](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm86z6w59gggo)
Department of Justice materials referenced in the probe show Epstein transferred $1 million to MC2 in 2005, even as its owners publicly stated two years later that he held no role in the firm. Those same records indicate at least 10 MC2 models met with or maintained contact with Epstein after his initial conviction. A separate CNN investigation found multiple former MC2 models testifying that agency management, including Fuller, controlled nearly every aspect of their lives and overlooked warning signs, such as Epstein providing housing for some models in a New York apartment.[[2]](https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/13/us/epstein-victims-model-scouts-fashion-invs-vis)
The account aligns with a pattern of exploitation detailed in advocacy efforts by the Model Alliance, which in March sent letters to US lawmakers and attorneys general pressing for investigations into modeling agencies that may have supplied or referred young women to Epstein and his network. Sara Ziff, the group’s founding director, told Vogue that the industry often masked a darker reality for aspiring models, many of whom were teenagers vulnerable to powerful figures. Ms. Magazine reported in October that more than 40 survivors and models signed onto those calls, naming agencies including MC2, Next Management and Ford Models among those warranting examination.[[3]](https://www.vogue.com/article/model-alliance-jeffrey-epstein)
A June Washington Post investigation focused on agent Ramsey Elkholy, who said he introduced five or six models to Epstein in hopes the financier could assist their careers, from which he would collect commissions. Elkholy insisted he chaperoned all meetings at Epstein’s Manhattan home and denied any awareness of abuse, though emails reviewed by the newspaper discussed potential encounters with at least two dozen women. The Model Alliance letter specifically accused Elkholy of luring women under the pretense of modeling work.[[4]](https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/06/08/this-agent-sent-models-meet-jeffrey-epstein-now-hes-trying-explain-why/)
Additional scrutiny has targeted figures such as the late Jean-Luc Brunel, who co-founded MC2 with Epstein’s backing and faced separate rape accusations before his death in a French jail, as well as recruiter Daniel Siad, whose name appears more than 2,000 times in Epstein files. Siad died in July at his home near Paris while French authorities investigated him for rape and human trafficking claims tied to Epstein referrals, CNN reported. Survivors have continued to urge full release of remaining Epstein documents and passage of legislation eliminating statutes of limitations for related civil claims, according to coverage in Ms. Magazine.[[5]](https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/22/europe/model-recruiter-epstein-dead-france-intl)
