{"id":17965,"date":"2020-12-17T11:54:44","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T16:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=17965"},"modified":"2020-12-17T11:54:44","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T16:54:44","slug":"jeffrey-epstein-ex-associate-jean-luc-brunel-held-over-sex-crime-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2020\/12\/17\/jeffrey-epstein-ex-associate-jean-luc-brunel-held-over-sex-crime-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeffrey Epstein ex-associate Jean-Luc Brunel held over sex crime claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><b class=\"css-14iz86j-BoldText e5tfeyi0\">A former associate of deceased US financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been detained in France.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Prominent French modelling agent Jean-Luc Brunel is being held on suspicion of rape, sexual assault and human trafficking, French media report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Mr Brunel, who is in his 70s, denies wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><a class=\"css-yidnqd-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-49377421\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Epstein died in a New York prison last year<\/a>\u00a0as he awaited trial over allegations he had run a network using underage girls for sex.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"unordered-list-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<div class=\"css-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi3\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li><a class=\"css-yidnqd-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-48913377\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Who was Jeffrey Epstein?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Epstein was a fund manager with a vast fortune and properties around the world, including an apartment in Paris.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Last year, French prosecutors opened an inquiry into rape and sexual assault allegations against Epstein to focus on potential crimes committed against French victims and on suspects who are French citizens,\u00a0<a class=\"css-yidnqd-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-49452786\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">they said at the time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>US prosecutors have accused Mr Brunel &#8211; a close friend of Epstein &#8211; of procuring young girls for him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>French police last year raided the offices of Karin Models, an agency founded by Mr Brunel, as well as Epstein&#8217;s flat near the Arc de Triomphe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>On Wednesday Mr Brunel was taken into custody at Paris&#8217;s Charles de Gaulle airport as he was preparing to board a flight to Senegal, media reports say.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Last year his lawyer rejected reports that her client was on the run, and said he was available for questioning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Before his death, Epstein was charged in New York with sex trafficking and conspiracy and was awaiting trial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>He was already a convicted sex offender, having pleaded guilty to prostitution charges involving a minor in Florida in 2008.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><b class=\"css-14iz86j-BoldText e5tfeyi0\">Epstein sex trafficking case: Timeline<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"unordered-list-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<div class=\"css-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi3\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li><b class=\"css-14iz86j-BoldText e5tfeyi0\">2005<\/b>: One of Jeffrey Epstein&#8217;s alleged victims, aged 14, reports him to the police in Palm Beach<\/li>\n<li><b class=\"css-14iz86j-BoldText e5tfeyi0\">2006<\/b>: Epstein is charged with unlawful sex acts with a minor<\/li>\n<li><b class=\"css-14iz86j-BoldText e5tfeyi0\">2007:\u00a0<\/b>A plea deal is struck &#8211; instead of facing federal sex-trafficking charges, Epstein pleads guilty to two charges of soliciting prostitution, including with a minor<\/li>\n<li><b class=\"css-14iz86j-BoldText e5tfeyi0\">2008<\/b>: Epstein gets an 18-month sentence following the plea deal<\/li>\n<li><b class=\"css-14iz86j-BoldText e5tfeyi0\">November 2018<\/b>: The Miami Herald publishes an investigation into Epstein, the plea deal, and the dozens of women alleging abuse<\/li>\n<li><b class=\"css-14iz86j-BoldText e5tfeyi0\">July 2019<\/b>: Epstein is arrested again, accused of sex trafficking of underage girls over a number of years<\/li>\n<li><b class=\"css-14iz86j-BoldText e5tfeyi0\">August 2019<\/b>: Epstein is found dead in his prison cell while awaiting trial<\/li>\n<li><b class=\"css-14iz86j-BoldText e5tfeyi0\">2 July 2020<\/b>: Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite and friend Epstein, is arrested at her New Hampshire home<\/li>\n<li><b class=\"css-14iz86j-BoldText e5tfeyi0\">14 July 2020<\/b>: Ms Maxwell pleads not guilty to charges of trafficking minors for Epstein and is denied bail<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-55352218\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">A former associate of deceased US financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been detained in France. 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