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International Business Times UK
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Christelle May Napiza

Jeffrey Epstein's Celebrity Hairstylist Frédéric Fekkai Accused of Bleaching Girls Blond and Grooming Them 'Like Dolls'

Jeffrey Epstein’s celebrity hairstylist Frédéric Fekkai accused of bleaching girls blond and grooming them ‘like dolls’ (Credit: x: Marc Gabriel Draghi)

Seven women have sued celebrity hairstylist Frédéric Fekkai, alleging he participated in grooming them for Jeffrey Epstein, including, according to the complaint, bleaching their hair blond at Epstein's direction and styling them 'like dolls' to suit the disgraced financier's preferences.

The 17-page complaint, filed in New York Supreme Court on 1 September 2026, accuses Fekkai and his employee Patrick Coombs of turning the stylist's Manhattan salon into what the plaintiffs call 'the epicentre for victim grooming'.

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