I thought I was going to New York to be a supermodel, but ended up in Epstein’s room! This model scout is just helping him choose a concubine…

This article is reprinted from the WeChat public account: Those Things in the UK

Since the release of the 3.5 million-page dossier on the “Epstein case” in January this year, revelations about him have continued to appear, which is shocking to read.

Recently, some media conducted investigations, interviewed relevant parties and victims, and sorted outA French modeling agent was in cahoots with Epstein. Under the guise of “being a model,” he recruited girls from South America who dreamed of becoming supermodels. He lied about helping them obtain U.S. visas, but in fact he sent them to Epstein.

He relies on his position in the professional field, takes advantage of other people’s dreams, and does dirty things under the banner of his profession. He is a veritable accomplice of the devil…

(Related reports)

[Senior model agent was actually a pimp and committed suicide in prison after being arrested]

Jean-Luc Brunel, born on August 18, 1946, is a French senior model agent and talent scout.

He once worked in a well-known model agency, and later established a model agency in partnership with others, discovering or promoting American supermodel Kristy Turlington, and Hollywood stars Milla Jovovich and Sharon Stone (both actresses worked as models when they were young).

(Brunel)

As early as 1988, there were some rumors circulating in the model agent circle that “Brunel drugged and sexually assaulted models”.But his career was not affected at all and he expanded his business from France to the United States.

It is said that Brunel and Epstein met in the 1980s through the introduction of Epstein’s ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, and the two became close in the late 1990s.

(Maxwell, Epstein and Brunel)

In 2005, Brunel established the international model agency MC2 in Miami, USA. The company was formerly the model agency he established earlier, Karin Models of America.Financial tycoon Epstein was an investor in the new company, providing a $1 million credit line.

Between 2000 and 2005,Brunel flew on Epstein’s private jet at least 24 times.The cooperation between the two lasted until around 2015.

In 2008, while Epstein was in prison for sexual assault and organizing sex trafficking,He visited Epstein’s prison more than 70 times.

(Epstein and Brunel)

In 2015, Brunel sued Epstein, saying his illegal behavior cost their company many customers and business.

In 2019, Epstein was arrested for organizing sex trafficking. On August 9 of the same year, the day before Epstein’s death, some court documents in the case were made public.

The documents include the identification of Virginia Giuffre, a high-profile victim and key witness in the Epstein case.She claimed that Maxwell arranged for her to have a relationship with Brunel when she was a minor.

And Virginia bluntly said,“Discovering young models” was their excuse for organizing sex trafficking. She accused Brunel of luring some girls, including herself, into participating in sex trafficking activities.

According to her,Epstein once boasted to her that “I slept with over 1,000 of Brunel’s girls.”

(Brunel and Maxwell)

Brunel was listed by the FBI as one of Epstein’s “co-conspirators”, but he has always denied participating in Epstein’s illegal activities.

After Epstein’s death in 2019, Brunel disappeared for a time.

In August of the same year, the Paris prosecutor’s office began an investigation into the Epstein case, naming Brunel.

On December 16, 2020, Brunel was arrested.Accused of rape, sexual assault of minors and participating in organized sex trafficking.

But on February 19, 2022, before his trial began, he hanged himself in his cell.

His lawyer said Brunel was overwhelmed by the accusations and blamed the “media-judicial system”.

Until Brussels died, the victims were unable to seek an explanation from him…

(Brunel)

[The client’s personal statement: If my mother hadn’t stopped me, my life or death would have been uncertain]

Recently, the BBC Brazil News Department interviewed two people who were deceived by Brunel. The details are horrifying to contemplate.

In 2004, 16-year-old Gláucia Fekete just started to come into contact with the modeling industry.

(Glaucia’s former model photos)

She lives in rural Brazil, and her agent Brunel once came to her home to try to convince her mother to let her go to Ecuador to participate in a modeling competition.

At first, Gracia’s mother was a little suspicious of the man in front of her, but Brunel was very understanding of people and finally convinced her.Agree to let my daughter go to Ecuador alone.

In this way, Gracia followed Brunel’s team and came to Ecuador to participate in the “New Generation Model Competition”. The contestants were all between the ages of 15 and 19.

Gracia’s competition went well, but Brunel’s strange behavior made her a little suspicious.For example, she is prohibited from contacting her family.

In the memory of Laura (pseudonym), a 16-year-old contestant from Western Europe, Brunel was a weirdo.

“He behaved very strangely, always hanging out with young Brazilian girls, like a clown, only hanging out with very young girls.”

Laura said that although the game was legal and well organized, Brunel was obviously not at ease.

“He knew very well that those girls were gullible.”

“He appeared to have control over their finances and girls from Brazil and Eastern European countries appeared to be his main targets.”

(now Gracia)

Towards the end of the competition, Brunel offered to sponsor Grausia’s flight to New York for the catwalk show, and he would pay for all the expenses.

But Gracia couldn’t make the decision, so they had to contact Gracia’s mother.

“No, absolutely not,”Mom said.

“They only look for children, minors, and unfortunately, they found my daughter.”

Mother discovered Brunel’s abnormality in time and refused to allow Gracia to go to New York with him.

Since then, she has prevented her daughter from continuing to work in the modeling industry and completely cut off contact with Brunel and her network. These actions have protected Grausia from falling into Epstein’s clutches.

“It was a close call, really,” Grausia said.

“What would have happened to me if I hadn’t listened to my mother and gone to New York?”

In the files recently released by the U.S. Department of Justice, the media discovered that Epstein was in Ecuador from August 24 to 25, 2004, which was during the finals of the modeling competition.

The document also shows thatAt least one participating model under the age of 16 flew on Epstein’s private jet at least twice in the same year.

Recalling that time, Gracia was still frightened.

“I didn’t know it at the time, but I was in the middle of that storm.”

“My mother saved me…”

(Gracia and mother)

[Victim’s Statement: Thought she wanted to be a model, but was actually sold to Epstein]

Another girl, also from Brazil, was not as lucky as Gracia.

To protect her, she was referred to by the pseudonym “Anna” in media reports.

According to Anna,Brunel and his modeling agency played an important role in facilitating her involvement in Epstein’s sex trade. Under the guise of “work,” he applied for U.S. visas for the selected girls and sent them to the United States to meet Epstein.

At the beginning of the 21st century, a Brazilian woman from Sao Paulo promised to provide Anna with the opportunity to be a model in Sao Paulo, so she left her home in southern Brazil and came to this big city with her dream.

But once she arrived in Sao Paulo, the woman stopped pretending;She took Anna’s ID and said Anna owed her travel and filming expenses.

It soon became clear to Anna that there was no modeling job and that she had been deceived.

“She was a madam. Before I knew it, she forced me into prostitution.”

Anna said,One of those clients was Epstein.

(Epstein)

A few weeks after her 18th birthday, the madam took Anna to the home of a prominent businessman in São Paulo.

There, Anna heard the businessman describe Epstein as the “king of the world” and that “he liked young girls.”

A few days later, Anna and two other girls were sent to a luxury hotel in Sao Paulo, where Epstein was waiting for them to choose one of the three girls.

“He chose me.”

Anna said she and Epstein walked into a room and Epstein told her to take off her clothes.

Documents from the U.S. Department of Justice include emails and flight records that prove Epstein was indeed in Brazil during that time.

(Epstein and Brunel)

A few days later, Epstein invited Anna to a party where she met Brunel for the first time.

At the party, Epstein told her he was going to Paris the next day and had made arrangements for her to go with him.

Anna recalled that during that trip to France, Epstein gave her $300 so that she could go shopping. When she came back, she had to give him the remaining change, and he asked her to keep the money.

Sometimes, Epstein would test Anna by deliberately leaving money in her room, and when Anna returned the money to him, he would let her keep the flowers.

Later, Epstein told Anna,He had asked Brunel’s modeling company in the United States to hire her as a model, and the madam had handed Anna’s documents to them and asked Brunel to help Anna apply for a U.S. visa.

That is to say,Brunel also acted as a “pimp”.

The information disclosed in the Epstein case files just confirms these descriptions of Anna.

Some documents show that Brunel used his modeling agency to recruit young girls, including minors, from multiple countries to participate in Epstein’s organized sex trafficking operation.

The documents include testimony from a former MC2 employee that Epstein would pay for the visa, which was helped by Brunel’s company in the United States.

Anna showed reporters her passport, which had a business visa for the United States and was marked with the agency Brunel founded in the United States – Karin Models of America.

Anna said,She had never worked for this company, and the only purpose of the visa was to facilitate her traveling to the United States to meet Epstein.

(Epstein’s residence in Paris)

For about four months, Anna followed Epstein to the United States and France. Epstein was “very affectionate” to her and paid for her English classes.

Later, the U.S. government questioned her income from improper sources and suspected that she was making money in the United States. Her visa was later revoked in Miami.

But after that,Anna went to the United States at least 6 times, all to meet with Epstein.I also visited Epstein’s private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

At that time, Anna mistakenly believed that Epstein regarded her as his girlfriend until she discovered that he was sleeping with someone else.

“It wasn’t until then that I realized he was like this with a lot of girls.”

“He asked me to leave the house several times to do other things, go to museums, go to classes. I don’t know if there was something going on that he didn’t want me to see.”

“He loved young girls and loved being around them.”

Anna recalled that Epstein had sex with her once.

“He loves sleeping, cuddling, snuggling and foot massages.”

Epstein once told her,Brunel asked to have sex with her, but Epstein refused.

“I didn’t let him succeed because you are mine.”

Anna said she didn’t know whether to express gratitude or fear. Since then,She felt that Brunel was like a wolf staring at a lamb, always staring at her and other girls with greedy eyes.

(Brunel)

According to Anna, Epstein promised to pay the madam $10,000 in cash for meeting Anna at the hotel and allowing her to accompany him.

However, he only paid part of it, and Anna later overheard them talking on the phone.The madam had been putting pressure on Epstein to get the remaining money.

A former accountant from MC2 Modeling Agency testified in court,It was confirmed that there was indeed a Brazilian woman who helped Epstein and Brunel recruit girls in Brazil, and was dissatisfied because she was owed money.

After the madam handed Anna’s ID to Epstein, Anna severed contact with her, but she has always been in contact with Epstein.

After her U.S. visa was revoked, Epstein offered to help her apply for a U.S. green card so that she could live in the United States, but Anna refused because she wanted to stay in Brazil to be with her family.

In this way, Anna escaped from Epstein’s clutches…

(Epstein and a girl on a private plane)

[Brazillaunchesinvestigationcanthecriminalnetworkbeuncovered?】

In February this year, Brazil’s Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office launched an investigation to determine whether there was a recruitment network for girls in Brazil related to Epstein.

Federal prosecutor Cinthia Gabriela Borges, from the state’s anti-trafficking unit, told reporters she wanted to talk to women who had contact with Epstein and who were not themselves targets of their investigation to understand how the system worked.

According to a labor inspector and researcher, the actions of Epstein, Brunel and the Madam may have amounted to sexual exploitation and human trafficking.Such crimes may not be subject to statutes of limitations, so Brazilian citizens involved may still be held accountable.

(Brunel and a group of models)

Years later, Anna finally figured out what had happened to her and was glad that she had left Epstein’s circle and started a new life.

“I feel very lucky, but I also feel for other girls…”

ref：

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr4576v66kno

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Luc_Brunel

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