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8. "Model agency' owner Jean-Luc Brunel

Reply to suegeo (Original post)

Thu Nov 13, 2025, 02:56 PM

Nov 13

like Trump and Casablancas and Epstein.

"Jean-Luc Brunel was accused of grooming young females and of taking part in an alleged sex trafficking operation involving Epstein.[5] In 2019, the French National Police launched an investigation on Brunel after he went into hiding following Epstein's death.[5] He was arrested on 16 December 2020, and French prosecutors charged him with the rape of minors;[6] however, he hanged himself in his cell before his trial could proceed. [7]"

These 'agencies' seem in retrospect like these rich guys tricking girls into trafficking with the promise of a modeling contract.

BTW, one of these "owners" was Paolo Zampolli who "recruited" Melania and traded her off to Trump.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/14/teen-models-powerful-men-when-donald-trump-hosted-look-of-the-year

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Highlight:

House Epstein files, a "curious" one, Trump trafficked girls from Ibiza? WTF is this. [View all] suegeo Nov 13 OP

Jean Luc is Jean Luc Brunel, a French model scout. Wiz Imp Nov 13 #1

Jean Luc hanged himself in his cell, also too. suegeo Nov 13 #2

Looks like they all hang themselves malaise Nov 13 #3

Well jail cells usually don't have windows to fall from MagickMuffin Nov 13 #5

A homicide by strangulation disguised as a suicide by hanging would be the best way to stage a "perfect" murder. sop Nov 13 #6

Ibizia is a kind of Mediterranean malaise Nov 13 #4

And nude beaches. erronis Nov 13 #9

Yep malaise Nov 13 #11

What did you turn up? Captain Zero Nov 13 #19

Jean-Luc Brunel and Donald Trump were born in the same year Doodley Nov 13 #7

"Model agency' owner Jean-Luc Brunel viva la Nov 13 #8

The modeling madness... ultralite001 Nov 13 #10

The "Transformation" of Melania Knauss... ultralite001 Nov 13 #14

i wonder what other big crimes these people are into also? AllaN01Bear Nov 13 #12

There is a reason we chose the bear. Pacifist Patriot Nov 13 #13

Remember when the Republicans finally bailed on Nixon? Come on history, repeat dammit. twodogsbarking Nov 13 #15

Kick suegeo Nov 13 #16

IMG and Trump Model Mgmt are/were Model Management Companies... WarGamer Nov 13 #17

The end of Trump Models: an 'inconsequential agency' mired by boycotts Celerity Nov 13 #18

Trump's middle name is JOHN Captain Zero Nov 13 #20

Rich men are dangerous. Clouds Passing Nov 14 #21

certainly these ones Jbraybarten Nov 14 #22