{
  "name": "Ruslana Korshunova",
  "slug": "ruslana-korshunova",
  "category": "Core",
  "search_patterns": [
    "\\bKorshunova\\b"
  ],
  "search_exclude": [],
  "gender": "female",
  "nationality": [
    "Kazakhstan"
  ],
  "deceased": true,
  "summary": "Kazakhstani model known as 'the Russian Rapunzel' who appeared in Vogue, Elle, and campaigns for Marc Jacobs and DKNY. Epstein said 'I knew her very well.' Publicly available flight logs place her on Epstein's Boeing 727 to his private island on June 7, 2006 at age 18 (not confirmed in EFTA corpus). Found dead after falling from a 9th-floor balcony in Manhattan on June 28, 2008 at age 20. Ruled suicide, no note found, no substances in her system. Epstein discussed her death across eight years (2010-2019), using it as a cautionary tale to manipulate another young woman. Epstein's modeling agent Ramsey Elkholy managed her estate after death.",
  "key_findings": [
    "Epstein in June 2019 iMessage: 'I knew her very well' — publicly available flight logs place her on Epstein's Boeing 727 (June 7, 2006; not confirmed in EFTA corpus)",
    "Found dead after fall from 9th-floor balcony, 130 Water Street, Manhattan, June 28, 2008 at age 20",
    "Epstein emailed July 4, 2010: 'ruslana a russian model. died, mainly as a result of her boyfriends' belief in alternative medicine' (EFTA00736276)",
    "Anastasiya Kopets asked Epstein: 'Jeffrey, it is true that the agency failed to pay Ruslana Korshunova?' (EFTA00916443)",
    "Elkholy wrote letter severing ties with model 'Regina' over her 'involvement in the Ruslana Korshunova situation via your relationship with Mark Kaminski' (EFTA01130064)",
    "Epstein sent Wikipedia link about Korshunova to another young woman in June 2019: 'I knew her very well. She drove herself crazy' — using her death as a control mechanism (EFTA00785575)",
    "Elkholy connected to Korshunova's boyfriend Kaminski through Kira Dikhtyar at Korshunova's wake (EFTA00918038)"
  ],
  "connections": [],
  "documents": {
    "EFTA01618251": {
      "url": "https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01618251.pdf",
      "dataset": "10",
      "snippet": "...w already. Rusalana. K... 10:40:43 am https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruslana_Korshunova EFTA01618254 Korshunova's most telling message came in March 2008: \"I'm so lost. Will I ever find myself?\".[12] 10:44:10 am..."
    },
    "EFTA01832212": {
      "url": "https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01832212.pdf",
      "dataset": "10",
      "snippet": "...s of a model-agent relationship. Furthermore, I was not aware that you were involved in the Ruslana Korshunova situation via your relationship with Mark Kaminski. Had I known this I would not have agreed to rep..."
    },
    "EFTA02038432": {
      "url": "https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA02038432.pdf",
      "dataset": "10",
      "snippet": "...] From: Sent:     Tue 8/2/2011 4:42:26 AM Jeffrey, it is true that the agency failed to pay Ruslana Korshunova? EFTA_R1_00552454 EFTA02038432"
    },
    "EFTA00518301": {
      "url": "https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00518301.pdf",
      "dataset": "9",
      "snippet": "...              i       n Participants:                                 ), Self (                   ) Korshunova's most telling message came in March 2008: \".   so lost. Will I ever find myself?\".[12] iMessage [1..."
    },
    "EFTA00785575": {
      "url": "https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00785575.pdf",
      "dataset": "9",
      "snippet": "...*eeitunes     il.com Participants:              (                 ), Self ( e:jeeitunes@gmail.com ) Korshunova's most telling message came in March 2008: \"I'm so lost. Will I ever find myself?\".[12] iMessage [1..."
    },
    "EFTA00916443": {
      "url": "https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00916443.pdf",
      "dataset": "9",
      "snippet": "...ct: Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2011 04:42:26 +0000 Jeffrey, it is true that the agency failed to pay Ruslana Korshunova? EFTA00916443"
    },
    "EFTA01130064": {
      "url": "https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA01130064.pdf",
      "dataset": "9",
      "snippet": "...s of a model-agent relationship. Furthermore, I was not aware that you were involved in the Ruslana Korshunova situation via your relationship with Mark Kaminski. Had I known this I would not have agreed to rep..."
    },
    "EFTA01137077": {
      "url": "https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA01137077.pdf",
      "dataset": "9",
      "snippet": "...an Traditions, PP. 33 See the two-volume set Nicholas Roerich, edited by Yevgeny Matochkin and Lisa Korshunova (Samara: Agni, 2011) and Richard Taurskin, \"From Subject to Style: Stravinsky and the Painters,\" in..."
    },
    "EFTA01213982": {
      "url": "https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA01213982.pdf",
      "dataset": "9",
      "snippet": "...eeitune       ail.com Participants:                (                 ), Self (jeeitunes®gmail.com ) Korshunova's most telling message came in March 2008: \"I'm so lost. Will I ever find myself?\".[12] iMessage [1..."
    },
    "EFTA02792841": {
      "url": "https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/Court%20Records/v.%20Maxwell%2C%20No.%20115-cv-07433%20%28S.D.N.Y.%202015%29/EFTA02792841.pdf",
      "dataset": "court"
    },
    "1325-1325-att2 - Exhibit DE 247-1.pdf": {
      "url": "",
      "dataset": "?"
    }
  },
  "doc_count": 11,
  "summary_updated": "2026-04-14T20:18:29.660624"
}