Modelling scout was probably blackmailing/extorting something and paid the price.
Edit: Nope, he was probably trying to save his skin. I'm guessing February of this year, not 2016.
The DoJ files suggest the FBI was tipped off about Siad’s work for Epstein in 2016. In February, French prosecutors announced they were setting up a team of magistrates to analyse evidence from the files, which mention a number of French nationals, including Brunel.