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France detains modelling agent in Jeffrey Epstein inquiry
Source: The Guardian
France detains modelling agent in Jeffrey Epstein inquiry
Jean-Luc Brunel taken into custody on suspicion of crimes including rape and trafficking of minors
Kim Willsher in Paris
Thu 17 Dec 2020 15.33 GMT
French police are questioning the boss of a modelling agency suspected of supplying underage girls to the late American financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Jean-Luc Brunel, 74, was arrested by police at Charles de Gaulle airport before boarding a plane to Dakar on Wednesday, French officials said.
Paris prosecutors told journalists Brunel was being quizzed as part of an investigation opened last year into the alleged rape and sexual assault of minors, sexual harassment, and human trafficking of underage girls for sexual exploitation.
Agence France-Presse reported Brunel’s lawyer had not responded to requests for a comment.
Brunel was a close friend of Epstein, 66, who was found dead in a Manhattan jail cell in August last year while awaiting trail on sex-trafficking charges. The justice department said his death was “apparent suicide”.
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Jean-Luc Brunel taken into custody on suspicion of crimes including rape and trafficking of minors
Kim Willsher in Paris
Thu 17 Dec 2020 15.33 GMT
French police are questioning the boss of a modelling agency suspected of supplying underage girls to the late American financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Jean-Luc Brunel, 74, was arrested by police at Charles de Gaulle airport before boarding a plane to Dakar on Wednesday, French officials said.
Paris prosecutors told journalists Brunel was being quizzed as part of an investigation opened last year into the alleged rape and sexual assault of minors, sexual harassment, and human trafficking of underage girls for sexual exploitation.
Agence France-Presse reported Brunel’s lawyer had not responded to requests for a comment.
Brunel was a close friend of Epstein, 66, who was found dead in a Manhattan jail cell in August last year while awaiting trail on sex-trafficking charges. The justice department said his death was “apparent suicide”.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/17/france-detains-modelling-agent-jean-luc-brunel-in-jeffrey-epstein-inquiry
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Source: Reuters
PEOPLE & CELEBRITIES
DECEMBER 17, 2020 6:55 AM UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO
Jean-Luc Brunel, who knew Jeffrey Epstein, in custody in Paris - BFM TV
PARIS (Reuters) - Frenchman Jean-Luc Brunel - who knew deceased sex offender and U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein - has been placed in custody in Paris, reported BFM TV, citing the Paris prosecutor’s department.
Brunel, who has denied any wrongdoing, had in 2015 sued Epstein, claiming Epstein’s high-profile legal troubles had unfairly embroiled him and damaged his modelling agency’s reputation. (reut.rs/37u93U1)
Epstein died in August 2019 in his jail cell in the United States, and an autopsy report concluded he hanged himself.
Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; Editing by Alison Williams
DECEMBER 17, 2020 6:55 AM UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO
Jean-Luc Brunel, who knew Jeffrey Epstein, in custody in Paris - BFM TV
PARIS (Reuters) - Frenchman Jean-Luc Brunel - who knew deceased sex offender and U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein - has been placed in custody in Paris, reported BFM TV, citing the Paris prosecutor’s department.
Brunel, who has denied any wrongdoing, had in 2015 sued Epstein, claiming Epstein’s high-profile legal troubles had unfairly embroiled him and damaged his modelling agency’s reputation. (reut.rs/37u93U1)
Epstein died in August 2019 in his jail cell in the United States, and an autopsy report concluded he hanged himself.
Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; Editing by Alison Williams
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN28R1U0
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