Survivor Claims Agency President Booked Her Flight to Epstein's Estate
New documents contradict past denials by MC2 Model Management executives regarding their relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
By Nadia Rahman ·
An 18-year-old model from Uzbekistan says a model agency president personally arranged her travel to Jeffrey Epstein's Palm Beach home in 2009, directly contradicting his previous testimony that he was unaware of her destination. Roza, the survivor identified in recent court filings, claims Jeff Fuller, who then led the US branch of MC2 Model Management, knew exactly where he was sending her. This admission challenges the agency's long-standing defense that Epstein's influence was limited to a handful of senior figures.
Fuller currently heads The Source Models and has not responded to the new allegations. For years, he maintained that the agency did not know Roza was being sent to Epstein's residence while he served a day release for a prior sex offense. However, an expense statement obtained by the BBC indicates Fuller booked her return flight from Palm Beach after her second photoshoot. Roza argues this financial record proves the agency orchestrated the visit rather than passively allowing it.
The photoshoots never resulted in published work. Roza says the sessions served as a recruitment tool for Epstein, who later employed her as an assistant. Other survivors have described this assistant role as a cover for systematic sexual abuse. Roza stated that Epstein raped her repeatedly during her time in his employ. She believes the shoots were staged by Epstein and the agency, noting that his girlfriend, Nadia Marcinko, operated the camera instead of a professional photographer.
Department of Justice files released this week detail the financial and professional ties between Epstein and the modeling industry. The documents show Epstein transferred $1 million to MC2 in 2005. At the time, agency owners told a US publication that Epstein had no involvement in their company. The files also list 10 MC2 models who met or communicated with Epstein after his 2008 conviction. A March 2012 email from Fuller to Epstein reveals the closeness of their bond. Fuller wrote that the agency would have fired a different model months earlier if Epstein had not intervened.
Legislators are using these findings to push for new oversight mechanisms. New York State Senator Zellnor Myrie is challenging a prior DOJ statement that no further investigation of uncharged third parties was warranted. He has introduced a sex trafficking bill intended to grant police broader authority to investigate alleged enablers of Epstein. Sara Ziff, founder of The Model Alliance, backed the legislative effort. She stated that agencies often serve as the primary link between young models and predatory men.
The scrutiny also extends to former agent Ramsey Elkholy and agency director Faith Kates. Elkholy, who had close ties to Epstein, rejected allegations that he facilitated abuse. He told the BBC he believed Epstein's own account of his 2008 legal case and intended to help models find opportunities by introducing them to a well-connected individual. DOJ files show Elkholy attempted to connect 34 women to Epstein, including an 18-year-old still in school. One woman reported being sexually abused by Epstein in his New York townhouse at age 19 during their first meeting.
Sigrid McCawley, lead lawyer for more than 100 Epstein victims, noted that model scouts were essential in identifying the specific type of woman Epstein preferred. She added that female assistants often felt they had no choice in how they conducted themselves because their livelihoods were at stake. Another survivor, identified as Simona, said Epstein raped her more than 200 times. She met him at age 20 after Faith Kates, then head of Next Management, introduced them. Kates stepped down from that executive role in December 2025 but remains a listed director.
Simona claimed Kates suggested she undergo plastic surgery and sent details of a surgeon to Epstein. Lawyers for Kates countered that Epstein was a master manipulator who grossly misled Kates. They stated that Kates never asked a model to have plastic surgery. After Epstein's second arrest in 2019, MC2 dissolved its US branch. Fuller opened The Source Models, and the BBC found that 50 models from MC2 were transferred to his new agency. Roza hopes her testimony will encourage other survivors to speak out, noting that many remain silent because the legal process is frightening.
