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Model who jumped to her death from NYC apartment flew on Jeffrey Epstein’s jet as a teen: docs

  2024-01-05 pagesixEileen Reslen40320
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Model Ruslana Korshunova, who leaped to her death from a New York City building at age 20 in 2008, had been traveling on

Model who jumped to her death from NYC apartment flew on Jeffrey Epstein’s jet as a teen: docs

Model Ruslana Korshunova, who leaped to her death from a New York City building at age 20 in 2008, had been traveling on Jeffrey Epstein’s jet less than two years prior, newly unsealed court documents /confirm/i.

The deceased pedophile’s flight logs showed the Kazakhstani-Russian beauty was one of the passengers on the notorious Boeing 727 allegedly used to traffic victims — famously called the “Lolita Express” — on June 7, 2006.

Korshunova, who was 18 at the time, traveled with Epstein and three staffers — his bodyguard Igor Zinoviev, personal chef Lance Calloway and longtime assistant Sarah Kellen.

Although it is unclear what happened when they landed on his infamous island in Little St. James, the convicted pedophile has been accused of holding underage sex parties there for his high-profile friends.

Court documents obtained by Pvnew also include an email from attorney Brad Edwards to Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre that read, “I think it is a long shot that you would recognize her, but read the article I attached and then look at the pictures and see if you recognize her. I will call you tomorrow.”

Ruslana Korshunova walking a runway.
Court documents show Ruslana Korshunova had ties to Jeffrey Epstein. AP Photo
Ruslana Korshunova  walking a runway.
Korshunova traveled with Epstein on his “Lolita Express” jet in 2006, per flight log records. Biasion Studio/WireImage
Little St. James.
Epstein was accused of holding underage sex parties on his island in Little St. James. Shutterstock for NY Post

He provided a link to a Newsweek article, published on May 1, 2011, about the tragic death of Korshunova.

It noted that the model, who was once the face of a Nina Ricci perfume, jumped more than 27 feet from a Wall Street building midday on a Saturday.

“Ruslana seemed to have everything. Why this dismal end?” the article asked, with the journalist later adding they had uncovered “more deaths among Ruslana’s friends, more attempted suicides, until ultimately I arrived at the most unlikely of destinations in the former evil empire.”

An NYC building.
Korshunova jumped to her death from a building in Manhattan. Paul Martinka
An NYC building.
She died by suicide in 2008, less than two years after traveling with Epstein. Paul Martinka

One poignant part of the article, which likely caught Edwards’ attention as he had been working closely with other Epstein accusers, said Korshunova’s Nina Ricci ad took “Ruslana from the world of wannabes to the best parties in New York, trips to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s private island, to Moscow where the Russian mega-rich were keen to meet the beauty from the ad, and where she fell blissfully, childishly in love with one of the handsomest tycoons in town.”

Giuffre, now 40, wrote in response to the lawyer’s email, “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.”

Authorities officially declared Korshunova’s death a suicide, but her family members were left puzzled over her passing.

Brad Edwards' emails to Virginia Giuffre.
Attorney Brad Edwards asked Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre about Korshunova in a newly released email exchange.

Her mother told The Post in 2008, “She’s had her ups and downs but never anything that would lead to suicide. This is completely unexpected. She was working, and everything seemed to be going fine.”

However, Nina Perchenok, her ex-boyfriend Artem Perchenok’s mother, previously claimed that the model, who was set to turn 21 just days before she died, had been dealing with bouts of loneliness.

Perchenok said, “When she had a conversation with my son, she said, ‘I’m 21, so I feel sad.’ She asked, ‘Where am I going to celebrate?’”

Ruslana Korshunova on the cover of a magazine.
Korshunova’s mother claimed her daughter “was working” and “seemed fine” before her death.
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell on a private plane.
Epstein and his alleged madam, Ghislaine Maxwell, allegedly trafficked dozens of young women. US District Court for the Southe

The bombshell court documents, which also reveal the A-listers who had ties to Epstein, have been unsealed following an order by Judge Loretta Preska in Giuffre’s since-settled defamation lawsuit against Epstein’s madam, Ghislaine Maxwell.

Epstein — who was busted on July 6, 2019, over the alleged sexual abuse of dozens of young girls in his Upper East Side townhouse and his waterfront mansion in Palm Beach, Fla., between 2002 and 2005 — died of an alleged suicide in prison in August of that year.

The 66-year-old had pleaded not guilty and faced up to 45 years in prison for sex trafficking.

If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-330-0226.

(By/Eileen Reslen)
 
 
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