Epstein’s Vulgar Theory About the Hadid Sisters’ Rise to Fame
This redacted email chain from December 3, 2015, appears in the recently released Jeffrey Epstein files (part of the DOJ’s January 30, 2026, document dump under the Epstein Files Transparency Act).
It’s a back-and-forth between Epstein and an unidentified recipient, likely redacted for privacy or legal reasons.
Based on the context clues, the recipient is likely a young woman in Epstein’s orbit who was trying to break into modeling. The envy toward the Hadids, the question “If they can why couldn’t I,” and Epstein’s response that the Hadids’ situation is “not relevant to your issue” all point to someone who saw herself as a rising model and couldn’t understand why she wasn’t getting the same opportunities.
At ~8:33 AM, the recipient asks Epstein how the Hadid sisters became models and made so much money, adding “I don’t understand.” Gigi was 20 and Bella 19 in 2015, already breakout stars via IMG Models and social media. The tone suggests envy or suspicion about their rapid rise.
Epstein replies cryptically: “You know.” The recipient offers an explanation, “The father paid the agency,” suggesting Mohamed Hadid, a wealthy Palestinian-American real estate developer, bought their way in. Epstein flatly rejects this: “no.” It wasn’t just money or nepotism.
The conversation then turns explicitly sexual. The recipient writes “[redacted] too many girls giving blowjobs,” possibly expressing frustration about the sexual economy of the modeling world. Epstein replies “agreed.” When the recipient presses, “So what did they do?!”, Epstein responds “in the butt,” then follows with “No seriously,” either doubling down or being darkly sarcastic.
The recipient calls this “the real question.” Epstein dismisses it as “Not relevant to your issue,” deflecting whatever the recipient’s personal grievance is (redacted). But the recipient’s envy boils over: “If they can why couldn’t I.”
Epstein’s final reply, sent hours later at ~2:49 PM:
“Because they follow directions, its that simple.”
In Epstein’s world, “follow directions” almost certainly means compliance with sexual demands from powerful figures, framing obedience to exploitation as the straightforward price of entry into success.
The exchange reveals Epstein’s view of women as transactional objects whose success is determined entirely by their willingness to sexually submit to powerful men. He reduces the Hadid sisters’ careers to a crude menu of sex acts, never once acknowledging talent or work ethic. His final line, “because they follow directions,” distills his misogyny to its core.
There’s no evidence in the files or elsewhere that the Hadid sisters were directly involved with Epstein or his crimes. This is their only mention in the entire document dump, and they’ve publicly denied any association. The exchange doesn’t implicate them. If anything, Epstein demeans them, reducing two young women’s legitimate careers to crude sexual speculation in order to manipulate the person he was messaging.