Frederic Fekkai Accused of Sexual Abuse in Jeffrey Epstein Case
Jeffrey Epstein’s former assistant Sarah Kellen alleged that she was sexually abused by star hairstylist Frédéric Fekkai, throughout closed-door testimony earlier than the Home Oversight Committee.
In her deposition, which was given voluntarily, she additionally claimed that she was abused by former Miami Seashore Mayor Philip Levine and famed trend photographer Patrick Demarchelier, who died in 2022.
Fekkai couldn’t be reached for remark Saturday.
The Home Oversight Committee took Kellen’s deposition as a part of its ongoing investigation into the federal authorities’s dealing with of circumstances involving Epstein and his former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, in accordance with revealed studies.
Kellen was named a co-conspirator of Epstein within the 2007 non-prosecution settlement between federal prosecutors in Florida and Epstein. She is taken into account a controversial witness, as a result of there are some who consider that she was an confederate of Epstein’s and others who consider she was a sufferer.
Rep. James Comer, chairman of the Home Oversight Committee, stated that the committee would relase a transcript of her testimony as quickly as doable. Some information studies indicated that might come as early as Tuesday.
French-born Fekkai opened his first salon in New York Metropolis in 1989, and was an early mover in status hair care along with his namesake model. Procter & Gamble purchased the model from Catterton Companions in 2007, when WWD reported it had about $100 million in gross sales.
In 2016, Fekkai and his spouse, Shirin von Wulffen, purchased Bastide, a perfume and physique care model based mostly in Aix en Provence, the place Fekkai was born, and in 2018, he partnered with Cornell Capital to purchase again his namesake hair-care model. Sources estimated gross sales had been round $35 million on the time.
The model is presently offered at Ulta Magnificence and Amazon, in addition to its personal web site; Fekkai operates a salon within the Mark Lodge in New York.
