We Know The Sick Secrets of Epstein's World
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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.
The modeling industry functioned as a systemic pipeline for trafficking minors to powerful predators like Epstein and Trump.
Models were often trapped in debt bondage, had passports confiscated, and were forced into degrading situations under the guise of 'casting'.
Agents and bookers knowingly sent models to abusive photographers and owners, with no intervention from editors or industry leaders.
Gérald Marie, who abused Carrie Otis, remains free in Ibiza despite multiple survivor testimonies and a dropped French criminal investigation.
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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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.
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.
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.
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'.
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.”
“The modeling industry was and is a pipeline for trafficking vulnerable people to powerful predators.”
“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.”
“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.”
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Jeffrey Epstein
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Model Alliance
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Carrie Otis
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Stacey Williams
person
Donald Trump
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Gérald Marie
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Joanna Coles
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Jean-Luc Brunel
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Faith Cates
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Ro Khanna
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