Former French modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, a relative of the deceased American billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, who was indicted in an investigation in Paris for rape and sexual assault, filed a complaint on Friday for breach of confidentiality. investigation, according to his lawyers.

"Publicly presented as Jeffrey Epstein's 'tout'"

"These permanent leaks since the opening of the investigation have resulted in the dissemination of false information and the relay of slanderous accusations", underline Me Mathias Chichportich and Me Marianne Abgrall in a press release sent to AFP. The two councils therefore lodged a complaint with the Paris prosecutor for "violation of the secrecy of the investigation, the investigation" and "concealment" of this offense.

"For more than two years now, Jean-Luc Brunel has not ceased to be publicly presented as" the tout "of the American businessman Jeffrey Epstein", they observe, believing that this assertion was "factually and judicially false ".

The lawyers point out that Jean-Luc Brunel was placed in December 2020 under the status of assisted witness for “aggravated human trafficking to the prejudice of underage victims for the purposes of sexual exploitation”.

This status is less incriminating than that of indicted.

Indicted in December 2020 for "rape of a minor over 15 years old"

"After more than two years of investigations, the investigating judges therefore believe that there is no serious or concordant evidence that our client has fed any criminal network," they say.

"In the United States, he is not the subject of any complaint and has never even been summoned by American justice," they add.

The ex-agent, on the other hand, was also indicted in December 2020 for "rape of a minor over 15 years old" and "sexual harassment".

He "was imprisoned on the basis of the statements of Mrs. Virginia Roberts", affirm Mr. Chichportich and Mr. Abgrall.

"Since then, it has been proved that she lied several times before the investigation services", they continue.

"Confronted with her lies, she changed versions on essential points of these accusations and today admits having wrongly accused our client on the only facts that she was able to date and locate precisely", they say. .

Jean-Luc Brunel was indicted a second time for rape of a minor over 15 years old last June.

According to our information, she claims to have been raped at the Parisian home of Jean-Luc Brunel in the early 2000s, when she was only 15 years old.

After going to a nightclub, she told investigators that she had a black hole and woke up while Jean-Luc Brunel was raping her.

Charges credible enough for the investigating judge to decide to indict Jean-Luc Brunel ten days later.

What the former "scout" denies in block.

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