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In reply to the discussion: Pic Of The Moment: Melania Publicly Denies Ties To Epstein [View all]LeftInTX
(34,485 posts)She was brought to the US by a sleezy guy who has connections to Epstein. However, more importantly, this sleezy guy is serving in Trump's Dept of State
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Zampolli
United States Special Representative for Global Partnerships
Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
Zampolli's social circle overlapped with that of Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein patronized Zampolli's ID Model Management, and was a partner in Zampolli's 2004 bid to purchase Elite Model Management.[31] His name appears several times in the Epstein files; in one 2011 email, Epstein warned an Emirati businessman that "zampoli [sic] is trouble".[26] Zampolli was named as one of four partners in Ghislaine Maxwell's charity, the TerraMar Project, in 2013.[32]
Zampolli moved to New York with Edit Molnar, a Hungarian model, and lived with her until at least 1996.[6] In 2002, he met Amanda Ungaro, a model from Londrina, Brazil, in Manhattan. Ungaro had earlier been brought to New York on Jeffrey Epstein's "Lolita Express" from Paris (her agent at the time was Jean-Luc Brunel, an alleged procurer for Epstein). When they met, Ungaro was 17 and Zampolli was 32.[26] According to Folha de S.Paulo, they later married, and had a son, Giovanni. The couple attended the first Trump Inauguration, where they sat at Melania's table during dinner.[27] The couple split in 2018, and permanently separated in 2021 with Zampolli claiming that a marriage never occurred.[28] Ungaro was arrested in Florida in 2025 for conducting unlicensed cosmetic surgery procedures.[29] She was subsequently deported from the United States, after Zampolli allegedly asked a senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official to detain her in an effort to gain custody of their son.[26]
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