Jean-Luc Brunel’s apparent suicide Saturday marked the end of his stunning fall from grace, in which he was accused of providing minors to his billionaire pedophile pal Jeffrey Epstein.
He partied with Jack Nicholson and Leonardo DiCaprio and had such a penchant for brightly colored clothing and shoes that his friends and business associates often joked that he was color blind.Saturday marked the end of his stunning fall from grace, in which he was accused of providing minors to his billionaire pedophile pal Jeffrey Epstein.
Once celebrated for his talent for spotting the next top model, he was described as a “brilliant” scout with good international connections and a “great reputation.” Brunel, 74, co-founded Karin Models in Paris in 1977, turning the modeling agency into one of the most prestigious talent companies in the world.
Brunel had been in jail being placed under formal investigation in 2020, accused of sexual harassment and the rape of girls aged between 15 and 18 in France.Monica Bellucci was discovered by Brunel’s agency.US prosecutors also alleged that Brunel procured girls for Epstein, flying them from France to the States with the promise they could get modeling contracts. In French modeling circles, he is known as “Jean Cul” or Jean the Ass.
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