Jean-Luc Brunel, former head of a French modeling agency and accused of raping and promoting underage girls to Jeffrey Epstein, has been hanged in prison.
The 76-year-old was found hanged inside his cell in the Sante prison in Paris today at one in the morning, as announced by a representative of the prosecutor’s office. He said an investigation was under way into the cause of death.
Brunel was arrested in December 2020 at Paris airport before boarding a plane for Dakar. At the time of his arrest, an investigation had already been launched against him following allegations of rape of minors and adults as well as sexual harassment.
Authorities had also questioned Brunel for involvement in the trafficking of underage girls for sexual exploitation.
Brunel co-founded the Karin Models modeling agency in the 1990s and founded MC2 Model Management in the US with Epstein, who committed suicide in his Manhattan jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial for trafficking young girls for sexual exploitation. .
Upon learning of the possible existence of French minors among the victims of Jeffrey Epstein, the Paris prosecutor’s office launched a preliminary investigation in August 2019 as to whether the American billionaire had committed sexual crimes on French soil or in the role of minors in France. of Brunel.
Virginia Geoffrey, who had allegedly been trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein. claimed that Brunel offered girls jobs as models in the US but was essentially promoting them to Epstein.
A few days ago, the British Prince Andrew settled out of court the lawsuit of sexual abuse that was filed against him by Virginia Joufre.
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