While waiting for his trial: Jeffrey Epstein's modeling agent hanged himself in the holding cell

Jean-Luc Brunel was convicted of locating and pimping girls and women for Epstein, who committed suicide by hanging himself in a Manhattan jail.

He remained in custody in Paris while awaiting trial for sexual assault and rape, and is today found dead in his cell.

Authorities in France said there was "no breach" in his security at the time of his arrest

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19/02/2022

Saturday, 19 February 2022, 18:23 Updated: 18:42

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Established the modeling agency with Epstein.

Jean-Luc Brunel (Photo: screenshot, no)

Jean-Luc Brunel, director of a modeling agency who was convicted of pimping girls for billionaire and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, was found dead in a holding cell in a Paris prison, French media reported today (Saturday).

Brunel was jailed in December 2020 and found dead in La Santa Prison while awaiting trial for sexual assault and rape.

The 74-year-old Frenchman ran the Karin Models agency and was in a business partnership with Epstein after co-founding the MC2 Model Management agency.

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Hung himself in Manhattan in 2019.

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Previously investigated on suspicion of childhood trafficking

Following Epstein's suicide in a Manhattan prison in August 2019, Brunel hid from authorities and was later arrested by French police.

He has also been investigated in the past on suspicion of trafficking in girls, including girls up to the age of 12, according to French media.

Brunel has worked as a modeling agent in Paris since the late 1970s and got to know Epstein through his girlfriend and ex-partner, Glein Maxwell, the daughter of British media mogul Robert Maxwell.

Prison authorities in France said "there was no breach" in security at the jail, and an investigation was opened into the circumstances of the death.

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