“…Together, the names of those in Epstein’s inner circle appear thousands of times across the newly released files. Though they haven’t had the same level of scrutiny that more famous people who appear in the files have received, that may start to change. Over the coming months, several of them are scheduled to testify in front of the House Oversight Committee.
Richard Kahn, Epstein’s longtime accountant, and Darren Indyke, his personal attorney, both of whom are co-executors of Epstein’s estate, are slated to testify on March 11 and March 19. Lesley Groff, Epstein’s executive assistant, was asked by the committee to appear on June 9.
A diagram produced by the US government identified some members of Epstein’s inner circle. In the end, federal prosecutors charged only one of them as a co-conspirator: Ghislaine Maxwell, his ex-girlfriend and accomplice who is currently serving a 20-year sentence for federal sex trafficking crimes.
Many in Epstein’s inner circle worked closely with him for years until he was arrested in July 2019. In return, some were remembered in his will to the tune of millions of dollars — though that money has yet to be distributed because the will has not gone into effect yet.
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A French modeling scout, Brunel first met Epstein’s then-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell sometime in the early-1990s, according to Maxwell. It’s unclear how Brunel and Epstein first met, but around this time, Brunel started an American outpost of the modeling agency, Karin Models.
Around 2005, Epstein gave Brunel approximately $1 million to start his own modeling agency, MC2 Modeling, in Miami and appeared to financially support the company for years.
Interviews with former Epstein staff employees suggest that Brunel introduced Epstein to girls and was a major conduit to securing work visas for the models, who often hailed from Eastern European countries.
Brunel and Epstein exchanged hundreds of emails, often messaging to “call” one another back. A message pad from September 2005 obtained by law enforcement shows that Brunel left a message for Epstein saying he found him a “2×8 years old” Russian language teacher, “not blonde.”
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Brunel died in 2022 in a Paris prison while awaiting trial on charges of rape and sexual assault of adults and minors. A medical examiner ruled his death a suicide…”
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Jean-Luc Brunel: Epstein associate found dead in Paris prison cell