The Daily Beast Podcast We Know The Sick Secrets of Epstein's World
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Apr 6, 2026 Carré Otis, former supermodel and survivor who fought trafficking and abuse as a teen, and Stacey Williams, ex-model and activist who exposed coercion and blacklisting, strip the glamour from fashion. They recount midnight castings, withheld passports, industry debt, alleged links to powerful predators, and calls for oversight and investigations.
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Modeling As An Organized Trafficking Pipeline
- The modeling industry functioned as an organized pipeline for trafficking vulnerable young people to powerful predators.
- Carré Otis explains models were recruited and funneled through agencies that coordinated access to figures like Jean-Luc Brunel and Jeffrey Epstein.
Carré Otis Trafficked At Seventeen
- Carré Otis recounts being trafficked at 17 from San Francisco to Elite Model Management and then to Gérald Marie in Paris.
- She filed under the New York Child Victim Act to pursue accountability for abuse she endured as a minor.
Midnight Fitting That Cost A Contract
- Stacey Williams describes a midnight 'fitting' in a rented house where a photographer knocked on her bedroom door with lingerie and a camera at age 18.
- She refused, complained, and the agency labeled her difficult and stopped using her for Victoria's Secret.