French modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, an associate of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein who was facing multiple allegations of rape and sexual assault, as well as involvement in Epstein’s operation, was found hanged in his cell in a prison in Paris.
Jean-Luc Brunel, a French modeling agent who was a close associate and alleged accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein, was found dead, hanged in his cell in La Santé Prison in Paris early Saturday morning. Brunel,75, had been held in custody for more than a year amid an ongoing investigation by French prosecutors into allegations he had raped, sexually assaulted, and sexually harassed multiple women and underage girls, as well as his suspected involvement in Epstein’s sex trafficking ring. Brunel, who was arrested in late 2020 as he tried to board a flight out of France, had denied all of the allegations against him, including that he had played any role in Epstein’s systematic abuse. French authorities have not confirmed Brunel’s cause of death, which they say they are investigating.
