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JAMES PaTTERSON Jean-Luc Brunel: 2005 frey Epstein, Leslie Wexner is more than a mentor. or Jef er men— father figures — More than the last ina line of old whom Epstein cultivated while making his way in the world. Wexner is also a steady, if indirect, source of beautiful women. After all, Wexner is th part of the Limited family of companies and charge of the Victoria’s Secret catalog. Wha Epstein is models galore. In a fox that’s gotten hold of the lease to a henhouse, Eps in a later lawsuit brought by Epstein victims, eventually pro- y, and provided vided financial support for a modeling agenc d by that agency, in New York City. e man in charge of Victoria's Secret, —pbetter yet—im t this means for fact, like tein, according to evidence collected support for models employe This story begins with a Frenchman—a playboy modeling agent named Jean-Luc Brunel — who was an owner of the Karin modeling agency. Brunel had been working as a enties. He claimed to have launche erry Hall, Rachel Hunter, Sharon modeling agent since the sev- d the careers of Monica Bel- lucci, Estelle, J Romijn, Kristina Semenovskaya, ren, as well as Christy Turlington an girls, Brunel had also been a su tion, broadcast in 1988, into sexual expl industry. That exposé had caused EFilee modeling agency to sever her hronicled in a 1995 book about the activities were also c 126 Milla Jovovich, Rebecca © Stone, and Estella Ware d other well-known covet 5 bject of a 60 Minutes investiga 4 citation in the modeling q n Ford of the elite Ford ties with the playboy. (Brunels” fashion © industry — Model: The U; Gross.) But Brunel's reputat 1 getting involved in his i | According to a sun 3 Edwards, a victims’ law x Epstein alleging fabrics Epstein had provided st its name, in 2005, from As a scout for MC2 undiscovered talent, fav the former Soviet reput eling competitions and eling agents and agenci But according to th the information he hac and Brunel had used th eign countries into the | _ ing contracts. These g belonging to Epstein. ' _ visa for these girls,” ; | underage girls rent, pre | the condos.” E “I strongly deny I » indirectly, in the actior Brunel would say. “I st “act or any wrongdoing Model agencies manag ‘fal standard for almos! _ According to Bru HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021982