Top model Ruslana Korshunova, 20, killed herself after visiting Epstein’s ‘Paedo Island’ as she’s named in unsealed docs
A TOP model dubbed the “Russian Rapunzel” took her own life just two years after being flown to Jeffrey Epstein’s paedo island.
Ruslana Korshunova was found dead at her Wall Street home when she was just 20-years-old after she is believed to have fallen from the balcony of her apartment.
The world-renowned Kazak-Russian model appeared in the latest unreleased court docs revealing those involved with Epstein and Maxwell.
Prince Andrew’s accuser – Virginia Giuffre – was asked about Korshunova in the docs in the days after the model’s death.
DailyMail revealed that Korshunova – just 18-years-old at the time – was flown to Epstein‘s Little St James island on his infamous private Boeing 727 aircraft.
Known as the Lolita Express, the plane was allegedly used to take young girls to the island alongside rich and powerful men.
Korshunova was said to have joined an extreme ‘self-help group’ in Russia just before she died.
Flight logs showed that the catwalk star boarded the Lolita Express on June 7, 2006, in New York.
From the JFK airport, the flight went to the U.S. Virgin Islands to the notorious private island.
On the same flight was ringleader Epstein and his bodyguard Igor Zinoviev, a former UFC fighter and Epstein’s chef Lance Calloway.
Two other women were also shown to be onboard including Epstein’s long-time assistant Sarah Kellen and Stephanie Tidwell.
Kellen was described as a “knowing participant in the criminal conspiracy” during Maxwell‘s 2022 sentencing by Judge Alison Nathan.
Virginia Giuffre – Prince Andrew’s accuser – has been at the heart of the court documents first shown this week as exercpts from her conversations with lawyers have been released.
The topic of Korshunova came up as email conversations between Giuffre and Florida attorney Brad Edwards were shown in the docs.
Giuffre was asked by Edwards back in May 2011 about the model, who he said had enjoyed a trip to a private island with a wealthy male.
Edwards sent across a link to a Newsweek report on the model’s death within the article and asked if Giuffre recognised her from any trips in the US Virgin Islands.
The man, who served as Giuffre’s PR at the time, wrote: “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 recognise her.”
Giuffre replied: “I am so sorry to hear the news of Ruslana, and my condolences are with her family and friends.
“I can say that I have never had any meetings with her, sorry not to be of any help there.”
The exchange was revealed on Thursday, in the latest set of unsealed documents after a Manhattan judge ruled there was no reason to keep the files secret anymore.
This meant multiple names have been mentioned in the docs including Donald Trump, Leonardo DiCaprio, Stephen Hawking, Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew who were all linked to Epstein at some point.
Epstein died in August 2019 as he was in jail awaiting a trial.
His right-hand woman Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking.
Korshunova became a top model during her teenage years and was quickly swept off her feet with hundreds of offers for glamorous trips away and very well paid modelling gigs.
Her life was transformed along with model pals Lily Cole and Jessica Stam.
But according to reports, this new found fame was down to wealthy men impressing her with their wealth before they dumped her away and moved onto the next top thing.
How she ended up on a plane with Epstein hasn’t been confirmed but Maxwell was known to get friendly with beautiful young women and drag them into her life for Epstein’s pleasure, according to claims.
Epstein has also been accused of promising women special help to sort out their visas if they worked for him.
Although the Kazakh beauty with Russian parents visa status isn’t known.
Epstein was also known to hang around parties filled with models and famous faces where many belive he scouted out girls and made Maxwell try and recruit them to his horror team.
Korshunova was living in Manhattan’s Financial District at the time of her death after exploding onto the modelling scene during the 2005 New York Fashion Week.
She worked for Marc Jacobs, Kenzo, Paul Smith, Vera Wang, Nina Ricci, Donna Karan and even Christian Dior.
As well as being on the front cover of Russian Vogue, The New York Times style magazine and French Elle during her rise to stardom.
British Vogue would identify her as a “face to be excited about” as she was also dubbed the “Russian Rapunzel”.
It was during this meteroic period of success that Korshunova was recorded as being on the Lolita Express flight,
But just two years later she would be dead.
No other details of her relationship with Epstein or Maxwell ever came out.
A 2014 book by Peter Pomerantsev titled Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia revealed that Korshunova had joined an extreme “self-help group” in Russia.
Critics have called Rose of the World a cult for some time because of their reputation for “dehumanizing” their followers and for “emotional domination”.
Pomerantsev claims Korshunova was driven towards the group after her modeling gigs started to slow down and she wanted some help after feeling hurt by her coaches.
Korshunova was also involved in two failed relationships with an oligarch named by Pomerantsev as “Alexander” and a Russian luxury car dealer both seemingly breaking her heart.
Not long after signing up for one of their courses Korshunova was found dead on the streets of New York outside her apartment.
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