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Natacha Jaitt

Argentine model and TV personality who publicly named politicians, journalists, entertainers, and a close friend of Pope Francis as participants in a child sex trafficking network — then publicly tweeted "I am not going to kill myself" — and was found dead naked on a bed at a private party venue two weeks before she was scheduled to testify against her primary target.

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Full NameNatacha Jaitt
BornAugust 13, 1977, Buenos Aires, Argentina
DiedFebruary 23, 2019
Age at Death41
Location of DeathXanadu party salon, Benavidez, Tigre, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Cause of DeathMulti-organ failure leading to cardiopulmonary arrest
Official RulingAccidental death (drug and alcohol overdose)
NationalityArgentine
Killed on US SoilNo
Victim Was Intel EmployeeNo (though Argentine intelligence services were allegedly connected to her case)
CategoryWhistleblower / Celebrity / Public Figure

Assessment: HIGHLY SUSPICIOUS​

Natacha Jaitt is one of the most dramatic documented cases of apparent whistleblower elimination in the global child trafficking exposure pattern. She publicly named specific powerful individuals — including Gustavo Vera, a close friend and associate of Pope Francis — as participants in a child sex trafficking ring, and she did so on one of Argentina's most-watched national television programs. She then posted on Twitter a specific, explicit prediction: "I am not going to kill myself. I won't be bought off or drown in a bathtub, nor will I shoot myself in the head. So, if that happens: it wasn't me." She died less than a year later, found dead naked on a bed at a private party venue, two weeks before she was scheduled to give court testimony against Gustavo Vera. Official blood tests reportedly failed to confirm cocaine consumption prior to death, contradicting the stated overdose narrative. The last person to see her alive, venue owner Raul Velaztiqui Duarte, was arrested for providing false testimony. An additional critical development: Argentine investigators later revealed that Jaitt had been recruited by agents of Argentina's Federal Intelligence Agency (AFI) and that her television appearance may have been orchestrated as part of a covert intelligence operation. The case was shelved in 2023 without resolution. As of 2025, her brother Ulises Jaitt and her lawyers continue to fight to reopen the case, with lawyers stating: "The case is locked down in San Isidro. They don't want to work on this or investigate it."

Circumstances of Death​

On the night of February 22–23, 2019, Natacha Jaitt attended an event at the Xanadu party salon in Benavidez, a neighborhood in the Tigre district on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. She traveled to the venue with friends, reportedly at the invitation of Raul Velaztiqui Duarte, the venue's owner, and businessman Gonzalo Rigoni. Her final text messages — later recovered from her iPad — show her writing to Rigoni: "Hey Gonzalo, we're dealing with the storm but we're on our way" and "I'll stop now so I can set the SatNav to get to your hall."

Jaitt was found dead, naked on a bed at the venue, during the early hours of February 23. Initial police reports stated there were no signs of violence on her body. The forensic autopsy concluded she died of "respiratory failure due to acute pulmonary edema secondary to multi-organ failure," attributed to a combination of cocaine and alcohol.

However, the official narrative was immediately disputed on multiple fronts:

The blood test problem. According to the Buenos Aires Times, official blood results reportedly did not confirm that Jaitt consumed cocaine prior to her death. Cocaine residues were found in her nasal passages, but some analyses did not confirm cocaine presence in her bloodstream — a fundamental contradiction for an "overdose" ruling.

False testimony arrest. Raul Velaztiqui Duarte — the venue owner and last known person to see Jaitt alive — was arrested for providing alleged false testimony to police about the circumstances of her death. He was subsequently acquitted.

Witness account. Businessman Gonzalo Rigoni was also present. According to Ulises Jaitt, his brother and their lawyers specifically requested that prosecutors investigate Rigoni, but the investigation declined to do so.

The timing. Multiple sources confirm Jaitt was scheduled to give court testimony against Gustavo Vera approximately two weeks after the date of her death — testimony she never gave.

The iPad. Investigators spent four years attempting to access Jaitt's iPad, making over 95,000 attempts to unlock it. When finally opened in 2023, the device contained 3,513 contacts, 1,125 conversations (19 of which had been deleted), 38,000 images, and 2,013 videos. A forensic report concluded the contents provided "no information to support the thesis that she was murdered." The family stated they received only "a partial report of the events, a sort of summary or overview" rather than the raw material.

On March 21, 2024, the San Isidro Judicial Department officially shelved the case. Ulises Jaitt responded: "The Justice killed her again." In September 2025, Ulises and his lawyers again requested the investigation be reopened; the court again refused.

Background​

Natacha Jaitt was born on August 13, 1977, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Alberto Jaitt and Aliza Mariani. She grew up in a family that included her younger brother Ulises.

Early Career and Spain​

After briefly working as a model in Argentina, Jaitt emigrated to Spain, reportedly arriving with just ten dollars. She became famous as a contestant on Gran Hermano (the Spanish Big Brother), Season 6, where she became the first foreign contestant and first reserve player to reach the final, finishing third. She later worked as a television panelist on Crónicas marcianas and hosted Sexual Office on Playboy TV.

Return to Argentina​

Jaitt returned to Argentina in 2007, continuing her career as a media personality, model, actress, and radio host. She became a prominent, controversial figure in Argentine entertainment media.

The Television Accusations — March/April 2018​

The defining moment of Natacha Jaitt's life came on March 31, 2018, when she appeared on La noche de Mirtha — one of Argentina's most-watched talk shows, hosted by the legendary Mirtha Legrand — and made explosive on-air accusations naming specific individuals.

Gustavo Vera​

Jaitt's primary target was Gustavo Vera, an anti-trafficking activist and longtime personal friend of Pope Francis. Vera heads La Alameda, an organization that publicly presents itself as fighting sex trafficking in Argentina. According to Jaitt's accusations, Vera was himself running a child trafficking network, allegedly using his anti-trafficking organization as a front. She stated directly that Vera "is a pimp, sex-trafficker, and accomplice of the Pope."

The Argentine Football Association Network​

Jaitt alleged a pedophile network operating through youth divisions of Argentine football clubs, specifically connecting to the confirmed Independiente football club child abuse scandal in which minors in the club's youth divisions were recruited into a prostitution ring. Referee Martin Bustos was one of six people arrested in that confirmed case. Jaitt accused Francisco Delgado and Brian Lanzelotta of bringing boys from youth football to Bustos and others. She named PR officer Leonardo Cohen Arazi as demanding sex in exchange for work and as a partner of Delgado.

Journalists and Media Figures​

Jaitt named prominent Argentine journalists as participants or protectors of the network, including Carlos Pagni, Oscar González Oro, and Alejandro Fantino (the latter associated with Telefe, Argentina's major commercial network — Telefe figures and programming relationships are referenced in some X posts connecting her accusations to broader media-industry protection of the ring). She also named comedian Enrique Pinti and celebrity Brian Lanzelotta. Television personality Marcelo Corazza — known from Gran Hermano Argentina — was named or connected in subsequent Argentine media discussions of the network she described; Corazza was later arrested on trafficking and grooming-related charges after Jaitt's death.

The Vatican Connection​

Jaitt accused Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio) of awareness and cover-up of Vera's activities. She specifically cited Bergoglio's prior defense of Father Julio César Grassi, a convicted pedophile — pointing out that Bergoglio had commissioned a leading criminal defense lawyer to assemble a report attempting to exonerate Grassi. She named Father Raul Pardo as part of the network.

Backlash​

The accusations caused a national scandal. Other guests on the program criticized Jaitt for making "unsubstantiated allegations." Host Mirtha Legrand later publicly apologized for allowing the claims to air. Multiple of those named, including Vera and Lanzelotta, announced they would file criminal complaints against Jaitt for defamation. Jaitt was widely attacked in Argentine media.

The Tweet​

Following the television appearance and the sustained backlash, Jaitt posted what became her most-cited statement:

Original Spanish (April 5, 2018): "AVISO: No me voy a suicidar, no me voy a pasar de merca y ahogar en una bañera, no me voy a pegar ningún tiro, así que si eso pasa, NO NO FUI. Guarden tuit 🙄"

English: "WARNING: I am not going to commit suicide, I am not going to take too much cocaine and drown in a bath, or shoot myself. So if this happens, IT WASN'T ME. Save this Tweet."

— Natacha Jaitt, Twitter, April 5, 2018

She also reportedly stated in subsequent interviews and social media posts that she feared for her life and that powerful people wanted her silenced.

The Intelligence Agency Dimension​

One of the most significant and under-reported aspects of the Jaitt case is the documented involvement of Argentine intelligence services.

Argentine media investigations later revealed that a woman named Ana María Polero, who accompanied Jaitt to the La noche de Mirtha appearance in the capacity of a "fashion advisor," was in fact a contracted agent of Argentina's Federal Intelligence Agency (AFI). Polero had been hired under a resolution signed by AFI Subdirector Silvia Majdalani. Argentine prosecutors subsequently investigated whether intelligence operatives had coached Jaitt or used her to spread disinformation as part of what came to be called "Operación Jaitt" — a documented operation targeting Mirtha Legrand, Eduardo Miragaya, Gustavo Vera, and others.

The question this raises: was Natacha Jaitt acting purely on her own knowledge, or was she recruited by Argentine intelligence to expose certain individuals — and then, once her usefulness was exhausted (or once she deviated from the script), eliminated? Ulises Jaitt himself confirmed to media that his sister had been performing functions for the AFI, though he stated the matter was sensitive.

This intelligence dimension does not necessarily exonerate those she accused, but it adds a layer of institutional complexity: Jaitt may have been simultaneously a genuine whistleblower with real knowledge and an asset whose information was curated and controlled by intelligence actors with their own agenda.

Social Media Narrative — X.com and Viral Claims​

Jaitt's case is one of the most actively discussed whistleblower deaths on X.com, with engagement spanning both English and Spanish posts from 2019 through 2025–2026. Posts appear in conspiracy/QAnon-adjacent accounts, Argentine political and football communities, true-crime threads, and Catholic Church abuse investigation circles. No major X posts dismiss the murder theory — they amplify it. The "Justicia por Natacha Jaitt" hashtag resurfaces regularly whenever trafficking stories, Epstein document releases, or Argentine political scandals trend. Posts frequently label her an "Argentine Epstein victim" and group her death alongside those of other researchers and whistleblowers killed in proximity to trafficking investigations.

The Pre-Death Warning — Exact Spanish Text and Date​

The most viral element is her prediction tweet. The exact original Spanish, posted April 5, 2018:

"AVISO: No me voy a suicidar, no me voy a pasar de merca y ahogar en una bañera, no me voy a pegar ningún tiro, así que si eso pasa, NO NO FUI. Guarden tuit 🙄"

The widely circulated English translation: "WARNING: I am not going to commit suicide, I am not going to take too much cocaine and drown in a bath, or shoot myself. So if this happens, IT WASN'T ME. Save this Tweet."

Posts show a screenshot of the original alongside the death announcement and call it proof of assassination. It is a verified primary source — Jaitt posted it herself, it is documented, and the circumstances of her death closely resemble what she described she would not do.

Core Claims Circulating on X​

She was clean/sober at the time of her death: Family and supporters consistently insist Jaitt was not in a heavy drug-use period when she died. X posts amplify this position, arguing the overdose narrative was fabricated. What is documented: Official toxicology found cocaine and clonazepam. Official blood tests reportedly did not confirm cocaine in her bloodstream — the Buenos Aires Times specifically reported this discrepancy between nasal residue and blood-level confirmation. Whether she was sober in a broader sense at the time remains disputed.

She died in approximately 21 minutes: Ulises Jaitt stated publicly that his sister was alive and lucid and then died in approximately 21 minutes. X posts treat this as evidence of a fast-acting administered substance rather than a gradual overdose. What is documented: Ulises Jaitt made this statement publicly. The exact internal timeline at the Xanadu venue that night was never fully established by investigators.

Days — not weeks — from testifying: Some X posts and Argentine supporters frame Jaitt as days away from court testimony against Gustavo Vera, not the "approximately two weeks" that mainstream sources reference. What is established: The general timing of her death relative to scheduled testimony is corroborated by multiple Argentine outlets. The precise scheduled date for Vera testimony has not been confirmed in mainstream reporting.

Marcelo Corazza later arrested in connected cases: X posts and Argentine social media include Marcelo Corazza — a television personality known from Gran Hermano Argentina — among those whose subsequent arrest validated Jaitt's warnings. Corazza was arrested on charges related to trafficking and grooming of minors after Jaitt's death. X users treat his arrest as posthumous confirmation of her accusations. What is documented: Corazza was investigated and arrested in Argentina on trafficking/grooming-related charges. The connection to the specific network she named on La noche de Mirtha has been discussed in Argentine media.

The "suicided" framing: English posts regularly use "suicided" as a verb — a formulation implying assassination staged as accidental. High-engagement English posts frame it as: "Playboy model exposed child trafficking ring on live TV then was suicided days later." Spanish posts: "La mataron porque sabía mucho y habló sobre el club Independiente y de como los chicos sufrían acoso y abuso." ("They killed her because she knew too much and spoke about Club Independiente and how the boys suffered harassment and abuse.")

Photo collage/grid posts: A recurring visual format on X shows grid images of the individuals Jaitt named — first name above the face, last name below — circulated under "Justicia por Natacha Jaitt" and "Los pedófilos que expuso Natacha Jaitt" headings. These grids typically feature Gustavo Vera, Carlos Pagni, Alejandro Fantino, Brian Lanzelotta, Leonardo Cohen Arazi, Marcelo Corazza, Martín Bustos, and others from sports, media, and politics. The format is designed for mass-sharing identification of alleged ring members.

May 2026 calls to reopen: The most recent posts (May 2026) include Spanish-language calls — "¿desarchivan la causa?" (will they reopen the case?) — linking her case to current Argentine political developments. The case was officially shelved in March 2024. The social media campaign for reinvestigation remains active as of 2026.

Verified vs. Unverified — Summary​

ClaimStatus
Prediction tweet posted April 5, 2018, by Jaitt herselfVERIFIED
Found dead at Xanadu venue, Tigre, February 23, 2019VERIFIED
Official toxicology found cocaine and clonazepamVERIFIED — official ruling
Blood tests reportedly did not confirm cocaine in bloodstreamDOCUMENTED — Buenos Aires Times
Family says she was clean/sober at time of deathDISPUTED — family claim vs. official toxicology
Died in approximately 21 minutes (Ulises Jaitt's claim)STATED — public family statement; not independently confirmed
Death came days/weeks before scheduled testimony against VeraPARTIALLY CORROBORATED — timing confirmed; exact date disputed
Independiente youth football abuse ring was realCONFIRMED — six arrests made
Marcelo Corazza later arrested on trafficking/grooming chargesVERIFIED — arrested post-Jaitt's death
Gustavo Vera using La Alameda as trafficking frontALLEGED — Jaitt's accusation; not adjudicated
AFI intelligence agents embedded in her TV appearanceVERIFIED — documented in Argentine media
Case shelved without resolution, March 2024VERIFIED
September 2025 request to reopen refusedVERIFIED

Why This Death Raises Questions​

  • She explicitly predicted her own murder — in the exact manner she died. Her April 2018 tweet stated she would not "overdose on coke and drown in a bath tub" — which closely describes the circumstances of her death (found in a party venue, official cause drug-related cardiopulmonary arrest). She was not found in a bathtub, but the prediction of a staged drug death is specific and striking.

  • Ulises Jaitt stated she was alive and lucid and died in approximately 21 minutes. This rapid collapse is inconsistent with a gradual multi-substance overdose and more consistent with a fast-acting agent. The exact internal timeline at the Xanadu venue that night was never fully reconstructed by investigators.

  • She died approximately two weeks before scheduled court testimony against Gustavo Vera. Multiple sources confirm she was approximately two weeks from testifying when she died. She had already given approximately four hours of testimony in the confirmed Independiente child abuse case. Her upcoming testimony against Vera was the next step.

  • Official blood tests reportedly did not confirm cocaine. The Buenos Aires Times reported that official blood analysis failed to confirm cocaine consumption prior to death, despite cocaine being cited as the cause. Residue in the nasal passages is not the same as a confirmed lethal blood level. This discrepancy is fundamental.

  • She was found naked at a private venue owned by the last person to see her alive — who was then arrested for lying to police. Raul Velaztiqui Duarte, who invited her to the venue and was present at or near the time of death, was arrested specifically for providing false testimony about what happened that night. His subsequent acquittal does not explain why he lied.

  • Prosecutors declined to investigate businessman Gonzalo Rigoni. Despite being present and despite the family's specific requests, the courts declined to investigate Rigoni — the actual owner of the Xanadu venue. Ulises Jaitt has stated: "With my lawyers we asked them to investigate Rigoni and nothing. I'm convinced [he was involved]."

  • Her lawyer publicly stated she was murdered. Attorney Alejandro Cipolla cited inconsistencies in the initial police report and stated Jaitt was killed to prevent her from continuing to speak out.

  • Argentine intelligence (AFI) was embedded in her life. A documented AFI agent accompanied her to her most explosive television appearance. What she knew, what she was told to say, and who was controlling what — these questions remain unresolved.

  • The investigation was shelved without resolution. Despite four years of effort and finally accessing 38,000 images and over 2,000 videos from her iPad, prosecutors closed the case in 2023. The family received only "a summary" of the iPad contents, not the raw material.

  • Lawyers cite "manifest irregularities" and suspect outside "interests." In 2025, Jaitt's lawyers stated: "The case is locked down in San Isidro. They don't want to work on this or investigate it," explaining their request for a change in jurisdiction due to "manifest irregularities" and citing "interests" that have nothing to do with determining how Natacha died.

  • She accused a sitting anti-trafficking activist who was personally close to the sitting Pope. Gustavo Vera has maintained close personal ties to Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio). The people Jaitt named had extraordinary resources and institutional connections.

  • The Independiente scandal she referenced was real. The child abuse ring at Independiente football club was confirmed, with six arrests. Jaitt was not making things up about football — she was connecting a confirmed scandal to a broader network.

The Pattern: "If I Die, It Wasn't Suicide"​

Natacha Jaitt belongs to a disturbing and documented pattern of individuals who publicly stated they would not kill themselves — and then died:

  • Isaac Kappy — Hollywood actor who named pedophiles, recorded videos saying "if I die, it wasn't suicide," stepped or was pushed from a bridge in May 2019 — three months after Jaitt.
  • Deborah Jeane Palfrey — The "DC Madam," told multiple people she would never hang herself, found hanged 16 days after her conviction.
  • Tracy Twyman — Researcher who continued Kappy's trafficking investigation, left a recorded "dead man's switch" video, found hanged in her garage July 2019.
  • Sabrina Bittencourt — Exposed the baby-trafficking ring of "John of God," died in hiding in Barcelona in February 2019 — the same month as Jaitt. Her son said "they killed my mother."
  • Nikolai Mushegian — Tweeted specifically about CIA/Mossad sex trafficking networks, drowned four hours later.

Jaitt's death occurred in February 2019 — the opening of a cluster that also included Bittencourt (February 2019), Kappy (May 2019), Twyman (July 2019), and Epstein himself (August 2019).

Connection to Broader Networks​

While Jaitt's accusations focused on Argentine figures rather than Epstein specifically, her case connects to the global elite abuse pattern in several ways:

  • The Independiente football club abuse ring parallels documented institutional child exploitation in the Epstein network, the Jimmy Savile/BBC scandal, and the Franklin scandal — powerful institutions used as cover and access pipelines.
  • The Vatican/Church connection — Jaitt's accusations against Vera and Pope Francis echo Sabrina Bittencourt's exposure of "John of God" (Joao Teixeira de Faria), a Brazilian faith healer with connections to powerful political and church figures.
  • Intelligence service involvement — The documented AFI connection to Jaitt's case parallels the Epstein network's documented intelligence connections (Mossad, CIA), in which intelligence services both exploit and manage blackmail operations.
  • International trafficking networks — Elite abuse networks operate across national borders. The same patterns — powerful men, institutional protection, whistleblowers silenced, evidence managed — appear across Epstein's operation, the Dutroux affair in Belgium, and the networks Jaitt exposed in Argentina.

The Counterargument​

  • Official toxicology found cocaine and LSD in Jaitt's system. While the blood-level confirmation of cocaine was disputed by some reports, the presence of multiple substances is consistent with an accidental overdose in a person with a documented history of drug use.
  • Jaitt was at the Xanadu venue voluntarily, at the invitation of known associates. There were no documented signs of forced entry, struggle, or direct physical violence.
  • Argentine authorities conducted a multi-year investigation, eventually gaining access to her iPad data in 2023. Prosecutors who reviewed the raw evidence — not a rubber-stamp body — determined there was insufficient basis for a criminal charge.
  • The timing relative to potential testimony, while striking, is not confirmed as definitively imminent. The Independiente case proceedings were ongoing for years, and the precise scheduled court date for Vera testimony has not been confirmed in mainstream sources.
  • Her public tweet, while striking, was posted almost a year before her death and in the context of public controversy; people make such statements under duress without it constituting evidence of subsequent homicide.
  • The AFI intelligence operation around her television appearance could mean her accusations against some individuals were fabricated or exaggerated by intelligence actors — complicating the picture without necessarily pointing to murder.

Key Quotes​

Original Spanish (April 5, 2018): "AVISO: No me voy a suicidar, no me voy a pasar de merca y ahogar en una bañera, no me voy a pegar ningún tiro, así que si eso pasa, NO NO FUI. Guarden tuit 🙄"

English translation: "NOTICE: I am not going to commit suicide, I am not going to take too much cocaine and drown in a bath, or shoot myself. So if this happens, IT WASN'T ME. Save this Tweet."

— Natacha Jaitt, Twitter, April 5, 2018

"Blood results fail to show Natacha Jaitt consumed cocaine prior to death." — Buenos Aires Times headline, reporting on toxicology results

"Lawyer claims Natacha Jaitt was murdered to stop her speaking out." — Buenos Aires Times, reporting on attorney Alejandro Cipolla's statement

"The case is locked down in San Isidro. They don't want to work on this or investigate it." — Ulises Jaitt's lawyer, 2025, as reported in Argentine media

"The Justice killed her again." — Ulises Jaitt, upon the case being officially shelved, March 2024, as reported by La Brujula 24

"Justo Gustavo Vera is a pimp, sex-trafficker, and accomplice of the Pope." — Natacha Jaitt, Twitter, October 2018, as cited by multiple Argentine media outlets

See Also​

  • Sabrina Bittencourt — Exposed John of God's baby-selling operation; died in hiding in Barcelona, same month as Jaitt
  • Tracy Twyman — Researcher who continued trafficking investigation, left dead man's switch recording, found hanged
  • Deborah Jeane Palfrey — "DC Madam" who told multiple people she would never hang herself; found hanged 16 days after conviction
  • Isaac Kappy — Hollywood actor who named pedophiles and said "if I die, it wasn't suicide"; fell from a bridge May 2019
  • Nancy Schaefer — Georgia senator who published full report on CPS corruption; killed 2010
  • Janet Ossebaard — Dutch filmmaker behind trafficking documentary "Fall of the Cabal"; said she'd never commit suicide, found dead 2023

Other Shocking Stories​

  • Sabrina Bittencourt: Exposed a baby-selling operation tied to a Brazilian faith healer. Died in hiding in Barcelona the same month as Jaitt.
  • Tracy Twyman: Left a dead man's switch recording warning of her own death. Found hanged in her garage five months after Jaitt died.
  • Nancy Schaefer: Georgia senator who published a detailed report on child trafficking through CPS. Shot dead at home.
  • Jonathan Nichols: Authored death penalty laws for child molesters. Found dead with the gun reportedly across the room from his body.

Sources​

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