Seven women, including five Jane Does, Kersti Ferguson and Audra Christiansen, sued celebrity hairstylist Frédéric Fekkai, his company and employee Patrick Coombs, alleging that Fekkai’s salon became part of Jeffrey Epstein’s grooming and control system. The complaint portrayed Fekkai not as a peripheral acquaintance but as someone who allegedly benefited financially from Epstein while providing salon services to women and girls at Epstein’s direction for years. According to the filing, Epstein sent the plaintiffs to Fekkai and instructed that they be styled to look as young as possible, including bleaching their hair blond and making them look “like dolls” to suit his preferences. The women alleged that Fekkai and Coombs helped groom them for Epstein and that the salon functioned as what the complaint called a “perks machine” that helped Epstein control victims while Fekkai’s business expanded. The lawsuit also alleged that Epstein helped Fekkai make business connections and grow his hair-care company, including helping his products reach retailers such as Victoria’s Secret.
The complaint went further by accusing Fekkai and Coombs of knowingly enabling gender-motivated violence and helping create conditions that allowed Epstein’s trafficking operation to continue. It cited Sarah Kellen’s allegation that Fekkai sexually assaulted her in the early 2000s and noted that House investigators had already asked the Justice Department to investigate Fekkai over his relationship with Epstein. The plaintiffs brought the case under New York City’s Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act, relying on a 2026 amendment that reopened a window for survivors to sue not only alleged abusers but also people or entities accused of enabling the abuse. The women sought damages, punitive damages, attorneys’ fees and other relief, arguing that Epstein could not have maintained such a sprawling system of exploitation without people around him providing access, services and infrastructure. Fekkai has denied allegations of wrongdoing, and the filing represented the plaintiffs’ allegations, not a judicial finding that he or Coombs committed the acts described.
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