2019, French National Police launched an investigation on Brunel after he went into hiding following Epstein's death. He was arrested on 16 December 2020, and French prosecutors charged him with the rape of minors. However, he died from an apparent suicide before his trial could proceed
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Other names "Le fantôme" (lit. 'The ghost') Occupation Model scout Years active 1970s–2019 Known for Former head of Karin Models and MC2 Model Management
👆After Brunel was included in a BBC One MacIntyre Undercover report on abuse within the fashion industry in November 1999, he was banned from his modeling agency in Europe.[13] In the early 2000s, Brunel moved to the United States.
👇Daily Beast reported that he relied on funding from his brother Arnaud & business partner, Étienne des Roys. 2003, both financiers pulled out &after Paris office filed to revoke Brunel's claim to Karin trademark in 2004", he changed the name of the agency to MC2 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Lu...
👆August 2019, Giuffre named Brunel as one of the men Maxwell had directed her as a teenager to have sex with.[17] In 2019, it was reported that Brunel helped create The Identity Models in New York City and 1Mother Agency in Kyiv, Ukraine.[18] MC2 was dissolved on 27 September 2019
👆 Several American models who worked with Brunel were interviewed by 60 Minutes and described their experiences of the culture Brunel fostered where the models were routinely drugged and sexually abused