Czech Model Alleges Sexual Assault by Paris Agency Owner

Anna Sinkovská, a former successful model of Czech-Ukrainian origin who appeared on several international magazine covers, has alleged she was sexually assaulted by a modeling agency owner in Paris. Sinkovská says that in 2002, when she was 19 years old, she traveled to Paris at the invitation of well-known modeling agent Claude Haddad to work for his agency. She claims that immediately after her arrival, she woke up to find Haddad in her bed, describing the incident as sexual violence. According to Sinkovská, she was not the only model to experience such treatment from Haddad, despite previous exposés about the agent dating back two decades.