The vice tightens on Jean-Luc Brunel. This French model agent, former close to Jeffrey Epstein whose name appeared in the US investigation against the American financier died in July, is now implicated in the French justice by an old supermodel who accuses him of rape, in a letter which AFP obtained a copy on Saturday, September 7th.
In this letter sent Thursday to the prosecutor of the Republic of Paris Remy Heitz and revealed by Mediapart, the 46-year-old Dutch woman claims to have been drugged and raped by Jean-Luc Brunel in a Paris apartment in the early 1990s, when she was just major.
According to his story, several models lived in this housing located Avenue Hoche, near the Champs-Elysees, and receptions were organized "daily" with "rich businessmen who were accompanied by very young girls."
"Advance the investigation"
"Since the facts are prescribed, my client knows that her testimony can not lead to a prosecution against Mr. Brunel, but she nevertheless wished to testify, in order to advance the investigation", assured AFP Anne-Claire Le Jeune, the lawyer of this ex-model who asked to remain anonymous.
Alerted to potential French victims, the Paris prosecutor's office opened in August this investigation for "rape" and "sexual assault", including on minors, in the context of the case of US financier Jeffrey Epstein, already prosecuted in the United States before he died in prison.
The name of Jean-Luc Brunel, founder of modeling agencies Karin Models and MC2 Model Management, already appeared in the US procedure.
Accused of being the reel of Jeffrey Epstein
One of the main plaintiffs, Virginia Giuffre, claimed to have been forced to have sex with Mr. Brunel.
In a first proceeding in the United States closed in 2007, two women had already accused him of playing the role of reeler for Jeffrey Epstein, bringing overseas "girls" from modest backgrounds by dangling jobs in the United States. modeling.
The septuagenarian was seen early July in an upscale evening near Paris but has not been noticed since.
With AFP