In June 2008, top Kazakh-Russian catwalk model Ruslana Korshunova jumped from her Wall Street apartment in New York at the tender age of 20 and died on the spot.
Two years before her death, Korshunova participated in a trip to Jeffrey Epstein’s Island at the age of 18, according to the newly released US court documents that shed light on her links to the notorious sex offender and his ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell.
At the time of her death, Korshunova was reportedly involved in an elite “Rose of the World” cult, adding a layer of complexity to the circumstances surrounding her death which was termed as suicide. Flight logs, which appeared in the bombshell Epstein files, point to her presence on the “Lolita Express,” Epstein’s private jet, on June 7, 2006, according to UK’s Daily Mail.
The British newspaper, however, adds that it is unclear what happened to her once she was there. But the disgraced financier was certainly known to fly girls and young women to his compound, where they’d be sexually exploited by powerful men.
In a May 2011 email that was unsealed on Thursday night, a lawyer named Brad Edwards, who works in Florida, asked Epstein victim Virginia Roberts-Giuffre if she knew Korshunova. “I think it’s a long shot you would recognise her, but read the article I attached and then look at the pictures and see if you recognize her,” Edwards wrote. “I will call you tomorrow.”
This link with Epstein raises concerns about potential exploitation and underlines the complex web of connections within Epstein’s orbit. The revelation of her involvement in Epstein’s activities came to light through recently unsealed court documents from Virginia Giuffre, who sued Maxwell for defamation in 2016.
Despite achieving great success as a catwalk model, working with renowned designers and gracing the covers of publications such as Russian Vogue and French Elle, Korshunova’s association with Epstein and Maxwell was not publicly disclosed at the time. The troves of documents in the Epesten case have now led to a closer look at Korshunova’s life and her troubling links to people involved in serious sex trafficking allegations.
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