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Epstein survivor says model agency put her in danger
Roza says MC2 Model Management sent her to two photoshoots at Jeffrey Epstein’s Palm Beach home in 2009, when she was 18 and had recently arrived in the US from Uzbekistan.
Epstein was serving a jail sentence for sex offences against a minor, but was allowed to work from his home each day.
Roza says agency president Jeff Fuller knew where she was going; Fuller previously said he did not know she was going to Epstein’s house, and he has not responded to the latest allegations.
Roza says the shoots led to her working as Epstein’s assistant, and that he then raped her.
US Justice Department files show 10 MC2 models met or communicated with Epstein after his conviction, and that he gave MC2 $1m in 2005.
MC2’s US branch closed in 2019, and Fuller opened The Source Models; 50 models from MC2 transferred to the new agency, which is still operating.
A New York state senator has proposed a bill to give police greater power to investigate Epstein’s alleged enablers.
Roza says MC2 Model Management put her in danger by sending her to Jeffrey Epstein’s Florida home for two photoshoots in 2009.
She says the shoots led to her working as Epstein’s assistant and that he later raped her.
MC2’s US branch president at the time, Jeff Fuller, has previously said he did not know she was going to Epstein’s house or that she was being abused.
Fuller did not respond to the BBC’s allegations.
BBC reporting found that 10 MC2 models met or communicated with Epstein after his conviction, and that 50 models moved from MC2 to Fuller’s later agency, The Source Models.
- Who
- Roza, an abuse survivor, says MC2 Model Management and its US president at the time, Jeff Fuller, put her in danger.
- What
- Roza says the agency sent her to photoshoots at Epstein’s home, where she was later employed as an assistant and raped.
- When
- The photoshoots took place in 2009, when Roza was 18.
- Where
- Epstein’s beach house in Palm Beach, Florida.
- Why
- Roza says the agency knew where she was going but failed to protect her.
Roza
Jeff Fuller
Agency’s knowledge
Roza
Roza says the agency knew where she was going and that Fuller knew too.
Jeff Fuller
Fuller has previously said he did not know she was going to Epstein’s house.
Responsibility for abuse
Roza
Roza says the agency put her in danger and should be held accountable.
Jeff Fuller
Fuller has previously said he did not know Roza was being abused.
Epstein gave $1m to MC2, according to documents cited by the BBC.
Roza, then 18, was sent to Epstein’s Palm Beach home for two photoshoots.
An email from Fuller to Epstein referred to another model and said the agency would have fired her without Epstein.
A month after Epstein’s second arrest, MC2’s US branch was dissolved and Fuller opened The Source Models.
- Roza’s age
- 18 when she was first sent to Epstein’s home
- Photoshoots
- Two at Epstein’s Palm Beach home in 2009
- MC2 payment
- Epstein gave the agency $1m in 2005
- Models after conviction
- 10 MC2 models met or communicated with Epstein
- Transfers to The Source Models
- 50 models from MC2
What people are saying
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
The [model] scouts were really critical because they were the ones who were identifying the type of woman that Epstein liked.
Had it not been for you, we would have fired her months ago
And I would be careful as she blabs about things