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Elkholy-Epstein Emails Reveal Model Exploitation

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Newly released Department of Justice files reveal a decade-long correspondence between model agent Ramsey Elkholy and Jeffrey Epstein, discussing explicit topics and setting up meetings with underage models. Elkholy, who now identifies as an anthropologist and musician, maintained a relationship with Epstein despite his 2009 conviction for soliciting a minor. The emails also suggest business proposals involving modeling agencies and contests, raising concerns about potential exploitation in the modeling industry. The FBI estimates Epstein abused around one thousand women and girls, with families and advocates worried about similar exploitation in modeling.

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Elkholy-Epstein Emails Reveal Model Exploitation

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UK News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Elkholy-Epstein Emails Reveal Model Exploitation. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

0:00On March 28, New Department of Justice Files just dropped hundreds of emails from model agent Ramsey Elcoly to Jeffrey Epstein over a full decade. Elcoly pushed the financier to hook up with young women, including top Russian model Ruslana Korshanova. She visited Epstein's Little St. James Island at just 18 years old, then took her own life two years later by jumping from a ninth floor, balcony in New York. These messages got explicit, chatting about women's bodies and their views on sex, while setting up meets with models as young as 18, even after. Epstein's 2009 conviction for soliciting a minor. Elcoly called Epstein a solid person and hinted at trades for introductions, like noting 23 was too old for him at the time. Korshanova flew on Epstein so-called Lolita Express, right before her death, and her name pops up in the emails tied to Elcoly's agency. These advocates worry, this points to more exploitation and modeling, with the FBI estimating

1:01Epstein abused around 1,000 women and girls. Total. Later emails show Elcoly pitching business ideas to Epstein, like buying modeling agencies or contests drawing 200,000 girls across. Cities. He straight up suggested these gave easy access to women, swapping words for emojis, and even regretting missed hookups if deals fell through. Epstein now calls himself an anthropologist and musician, telling the BBC he regrets the ties in language, but claims he missed the abuse and only meant. Epstein, 10-12 times. Their last chats in 2019 were about importing another Russian woman, right before Epstein's arrest and jail cell death, shook everything. Open.

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