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Epstein-linked modeling agent charged with rape of minors
Read full article: Epstein-linked modeling agent charged with rape of minorsFILE - In this Aug.13, 2019 file photo, a man walks his dog next to an apartment building owned by Jeffrey Epstein in Paris. Modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel who was close to U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein has been taken into custody in France, suspected of an array of crimes, including the rape of minors and trafficking minors for sexual exploitation, Paris prosecutors said Thursday. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)PARIS – A modeling agent associated with disgraced U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein has been charged in France with sexual harassment and the rape of minors over 15 years old. It said Brunel was not handed any human trafficking charges, which was one of the main lines of inquiry. Brunel is being investigated as part of a broad French probe into alleged sexual exploitation of women and girls by Epstein and his circle.
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Model's 'tears of joy' as agent held over alleged sex crimes
Read full article: Model's 'tears of joy' as agent held over alleged sex crimesBrunel was being investigated as part of a broad French probe into alleged sexual exploitation of women and girls by Epstein and his circle. The French agent, Jean-Luc Brunel, was detained Wednesday at Charles de Gaulle airport and was being held in police custody for questioning, the Paris prosecutors' office said. Best Christmas present ever.”She broke down in tears when the prosecutors' list of suspected sex crimes for which Brunel was detained was read to her over the telephone. Tears of joy.”Huisman is among at least a dozen people known to have given evidence for the French probe. One of Epstein’s accusers, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, has alleged that Brunel procured women, some of them minors, for sex with Epstein and other people, luring them with promises of modeling work.
