We Know The Sick Secrets of Epstein's World

The Daily Beast Podcast1h 1mApril 6, 2026

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The modeling industry, long celebrated for its glamour and beauty, has been exposed as a systemic pipeline for trafficking vulnerable minors to powerful predators, according to supermodels Carrie Otis and Stacey Williams in a harrowing conversation on The Daily Beast Podcast. Otis recounts being trafficked at 17 through elite agencies, enduring sexual abuse by Gérald Marie and being forced into degrading situations under the guise of 'casting.' Williams shares her experience of being groomed by Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump, including a nightmarish photo shoot at midnight and being reprimanded for rejecting a photographer’s advances. Both women reveal how the industry’s structure—debt bondage, passport confiscation, and the silence of agents and editors—enabled abuse. They argue that the same agencies that promoted youth and beauty also orchestrated exploitation, with figures like Faith Cates acting as key connectors to predators. Now, with Ro Khanna pushing for a congressional oversight investigation, the Model Alliance is demanding accountability, transparency from the DOJ, and criminal probes into living perpetrators like Gérald Marie, who remains free in Ibiza. The episode reveals that the iconic images of beauty were often produced in environments of coercion, trauma, and violence—challenging the myth of the industry’s glamour and calling for a radical transformation of its ethics and oversight.

Key Takeaways
1

The modeling industry functioned as a systemic pipeline for trafficking minors to powerful predators like Epstein and Trump.

2

Models were often trapped in debt bondage, had passports confiscated, and were forced into degrading situations under the guise of 'casting'.

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Agents and bookers knowingly sent models to abusive photographers and owners, with no intervention from editors or industry leaders.

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Gérald Marie, who abused Carrie Otis, remains free in Ibiza despite multiple survivor testimonies and a dropped French criminal investigation.

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Faith Cates, a top agency founder, directly connected models to Epstein and Trump, and continued to defend him even after his death.

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Chapters
0:00
5 min

The Glamour Mask of a Trafficking Pipeline

Joanna Coles opens the episode by revealing that the modeling industry was not just a career path but a coordinated system for funneling vulnerable minors to powerful predators, setting the stage for a deep dive into systemic abuse.

5:00
5 min

Carrie Otis’s Trauma: From 17 to Gérald Marie

Otis recounts being trafficked at 17, forced into degrading situations, and abused by Gérald Marie, whose wife was Linda Evangelista. She describes being put on a scale in front of others and being told she was too fat.

10:00
5 min

Stacey Williams: Epstein, Trump, and Midnight Photo Shoots

Williams shares her experience of being groomed by Epstein and Donald Trump, including a midnight photo shoot at Victoria’s Secret where she was asked to strip and pose in high heels.

15:00
5 min

The Systemic Abuse: Agents, Editors, and Silence

Both models expose how agents and bookers knowingly enabled abuse, with editors turning a blind eye to sexual harassment on set, often dismissing resistance as 'difficult behavior'.

20:00
5 min

The Role of Faith Cates: The Connector to Power

They were just organizing a supply chain. So they would spot people in supermarkets or local fashion shows, bring them into the agency, frequently see them abused by the modeling agent's owner in your case, Carrie.

Highlight
High-Impact Quotes
The modeling industry was and is a pipeline for trafficking vulnerable people to powerful predators.
Carrie Otis17:20
Viral: 88.0
Gerald Marie is partying in Ibiza. Correct. Well, Kerry, bravo with all your work with the Model Alliance and Stacey, I know this is incredibly important to you to keep this in front of people and to get action on it to protect the next generation of models who hopefully won't go through what you guys did.
Joanna Coles52:22
Viral: 82.0
They were just organizing a supply chain. So they would spot people in supermarkets or local fashion shows, bring them into the agency, frequently see them abused by the modeling agent's owner in your case, Carrie.
Stacey Williams45:07
Viral: 80.0
Speakers

Host

Joanna Coles

Guests

Carrie OtisStacey Williams
Topics Discussed
modeling industry trafficking95%jeffrey epstein network90%sexual abuse in fashion88%model alliance85%gérard marie abuse83%faith cates connection80%fashion workers act78%ai-generated models75%
People & Brands

Jeffrey Epstein

person

15xNegative

Model Alliance

organization

12xPositive

Carrie Otis

person

12xNeutral

Stacey Williams

person

11xNeutral

Donald Trump

person

10xNegative

Gérald Marie

person

10xNegative

Joanna Coles

person

10xNeutral

Jean-Luc Brunel

person

8xNegative

Faith Cates

person

7xNegative

Ro Khanna

person

6xPositive

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