EFTA00174043.txt

"French model agent Jean-Luc Brunel, a close associate of disgraced United States billionaire Jeffrey Epstein"

"Ghislaine Maxwell, a friend of Epstein and Prince Andrew, was convicted in the US of recruiting and grooming young girls to be sexually abused by Epst"

"His lawyers, Mathias Chichportich, Marianne Abgrall and Christophe Ingrain"

"His lawyers, Mathias Chichportich, Marianne Abgrall and Christophe Ingrain"

"His lawyers, Mathias Chichportich, Marianne Abgrall and Christophe Ingrain"

"Brunel began his career as a model scout and in 1978 was involved in setting up the prestigious Karin Models agency"

"He then moved to the US where he cofounded the Miami-based agency MC2"

"Brunel had been found dead overnight Friday to Saturday in the Prison de la Sante"

"The suicide of Jean-Luc Brunel, who abused me and countless girls and young women, ends another chapter"

"Brunel, who was accused in US court documents of rape and of procuring young girls for his friend"

"said she had sex with Andrew when she was 17 and a minor under US law, a ter meeting him through Epstein"