Case Document Filed Page of EX I I EX I I Case Document Filed Page of Confidential Due Diligence Report Copyright Newstex LLC All Rights Reserved Newstex Web Biogs Copyright Jezebel Jezebel August Wednesday PM EST LENGTH words HEADLINE The Sex-Traffick i ng Model Scout Predators BODY Aug Gawker Media delivered by Newstex Jeffrey Eps ein the billionai financier who the FBI beli ves molested around underaged girls was assisted by a prominent modeling agent and scout Heres what we know about Jean Luc Brunel Jeffrey Epstein will no ub call is th man who though ferrying Bill Clinton hi private je lawyering up with superstar Alan rshowitz and making frequent dona ions to the Palm Beach Police Department would insulate him from prosecution for his various depravities Which included for the record buying a 14-year-old Yugloslavian named from her parents in rder to keep hi sex slave paying a tinue of women to trawl Palm Beach for teenagers economically desperate enough to ag ee to give Epste i massages that often led to sexual contact receiving two 12-year-old French girls as a birthday present and befr i ending Michael Wolff But as Conchita Sarnoff wrote at Th Daily Beast Perhaps most disturbing in terms of possible sex trafficking was Epsteins relationship with Jean Luc Brunel owner of the MC2 modeling agency According to a complaint filed in the District Court fo the Southern Dist ic of Florida an alleged vi tim said that Epstein assistant and i rlfriend Ghis aine Maxwell Brunel hou manager Alfredo Rodriguez and 225deliberately engaged in a pattern of racketeering that involved luring minor children through MC2 mostly girls under the age of to engage in sexual play for money The FBI investigated Epstein and identified around underaged victims Sarnoff reports that the FBI is also investig a ting MC2 and Brunel for possibly engaging in hild sex rafficking Since pleading guilty to reduced charges of sol i citing sex with a minor and serving months of part-time jail Epstein has become the fo us of numerous civil lawsuits from his victims He has so far settled a dozen These same civi compla i nts allege that young girls from South America Europe and the former Soviet republics few of whom spoke English were recruited for Espteins sexual pleasu According to a former bookkeeper a number of the girls worked for MC2 the modeling agency owned by Jean Luc Brunel a longtime acquaintance and requent guest of Epsteins Brunel along with numerous young models was a frequent passenger on Epsteins private jet according to flight manifests The agency owner also allegedly received million from Epstein in when he founded MC2 with his partner Jeffrey Fuller although Fuller and Brunel denied any such payment from the billionaire pervert in when rumors started swirling Sarnoff got confirmation from a former bookkeeper at the agency Whether the money was a secret investment in MC2 or a payment for Brunels serv i ces as a procurer is unknown Brunel also visited Epstein i ja i Confidential This report is not to be disseminated or photocopied to any third party without the express consent of Global Security Investigations r,nfirl,:,nti,::al EXH I A WIT DATE Campbell RDA CAR CSR Case Document Filed Page of Confidential Due Diligence Report So who is Jean Luc Brunel Although he did not respond to our interview request we spoke to a number of people who have worked with his agency While MC2 isnt considered a major industry player it isnt exactly bottom-shelf either MC2 in New York most recently launched the career of Latvian editorial star Ginta Lapina Brunel discovered Lapina via an MC2 scouting competition for young teens and currently represents Vogue China covergirl Liu Dan Worldwide MC2 represents such stars as Sessilee Lopez in Miami and top models Candace Swanepoel Marina Lynchuk Natalia Chabanenko and Elisa Sednaoui in Tel Aviv Brunel isnt involved with the business on a day-to-day basis although he owns an stake in MC2 Instead Right now he does scouting for the agency and takes care of the international relations with other agencies reports one source Scouts scour the world for un-agented teenagecl girls who could rnal it as models they work largely unsupervised and are generally paid a headhunting fee for every girl an agericy signs Even wtien affilLatecl1 with an agency as Brunel obviously is With MC2 scouts operate mostly independently and with little oversight even relative to the almost totally unregulated modeling industry itself He travels a lot says another person who has worked with Brunel The company blog refers to Brunel as a scouting tsunami and MC2.is fairly well-known for the strength of its international scouting Models we spoke to report mostly po itive experieiices with Brunel one praised his sense of humor a.nd said he is lovely to all of his models and another described hitnas highly intelligent and cultured clddirig he knows a lot about the opera and he paints although it shouldbe noted that none of the models whom we spoke to had been told of either his co,pnecti9ris with Epitein Of bis past And what a past it is These accounts from Michael Gross book Model describe BruneI 267sactivities in Paris from th,e late onwards wh.en he worked for and eventually owned the model!ng agency Karins now known as Karin Paris Jeari-Luc is considered a danger ys Jetome Borinouvrier Owning Karins was a qream for a playboy,His problem is thathe knows exactly what girls in trouble are looking for Has alwaysbeen oilthe edge of the system Jo.hn Casablancas gets with girls the healthy way Girls would be with him if he was the butcher Theyre with Jean Luc because hes the boss Jean-Luc likes drugs and silent rape It excites him Lreally de::;pise Jean-Luc a n3 hamanbeing for the way hes cheapened the business says John Casablancas There is no justice This is a guy whb?hould berbehind bars There was a little group Jean-Luc Patrick Gilles arid Vai:-sano They werevery 1JVeil-known in Paris for roaming the clubs They would irivite girls c!nd put drugs in their drinks Everybody knew they were creeps It should be noted that asid.e from.being a professional rival Casablancas the founder of the agency Elite was eventually drubbed out of the liidustry for his own rnodeling How pervy do you have to be for John Gasablancas to callyou a perv Pervy enough to drug and rape numerous teenagers according to Minutes and Diane Sawyer who investigated Brl!nel in The program interviewed nearly two dozeq models who said they had been sexually assaulted by Bnihel anq/or by his fellow agent Claude Haddad Even at that time Brunel had areputation as clinan one could go to to procure a Oldate with a young modeL CBS spoke loJive mogels who said that Brunel andtor his friends had drugged and raped them Said producer Craig Pyes Hundreds of girls were not Only harassed but molested When Gros.s interviewed Brunel this is what he had to say for himself You get laid tonight with a model is that a crime I dont understand why people go into your personal life what you do yourself Elnd to yourself alicJ they dont look at thingsrthatare really 267important Since then Bruhel has been invoived with a succession of agencies in New York andParis Although the Minutes scandal eventually led Eileen Ford to stop working with him he continued his involvement with Karins In Confidential This report ls not to I di minated or photocopied to any third party without the express consent of Global Se,curity Investigations Confidential JPM-SDNYLIT-036597 Case Document Filed Page of Confidential Due Diligence Report when powerhouse agency Next openetl its doors Brunel took an ownership stake He also discovered Christy Turlington when she was MC2 is only his latest venture Because no criminal charges were ever filed by any of his accusers and because.the industry has a short memory most models working today werent even born when Sawyer and Pyes started looking into Brunels activities Brunel has been free to continue as he pleases A French citizen he even avoided testifying in his friend Epsteins trial And so Brunel is still criss-crossing the globe trawling for 13-year-olds from Eastern Europe and the whiter parts of South America And apparently taking the occasional ride with them on Epsteins private jet Is there any better argument for the regulation of the modeling industry Image via Models Jeffrey Epstein Pedophile Billionaire and his Sex Den TDB A Sex-Crime Investigation Reveals Jeffrey Epsteins Dangerous Dream World New York Earlier Pervy Billionaire May Have All The Sex-Trafficking Defense Money Can Buy Why Superrich Guys Feel Entitled To Keep Underaged Sex Slaves Newstex ID NOTES The views expressed on biogs distributed by Newstex and its re-distributors Biogs on Demand are solely the authors and not necessarily the views of Newstex or its re-distributors Posts from such authors are provided AS IS with no warranties and confer no rights The material anq information provided in Biogs on Demand are for 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