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JAMES PATTERSON Jean-Luc Brunel: 2005 or Jeffrey Epstein, Leslie Wexner is more than a mentor. More than the last ina line of older men—father figures — 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 the man in charge of Victoria’s Secret, ily of companies and—better yet—in Secret catalog. What this means for fox that’s gotten hold of g to evidence collected part of the Limited fam charge of the Victoria's Epstein is models galore. In fact, like a the lease to a henhouse, Epstein, accordin in a later lawsuit brought by Epstein victims, eventually pro- vided financial support for a modeling agency, and provided models employed by that agency, in New York City. n—a playboy modeling wner of the Karin support for This story begins with a Frenchma agent named Jean-Luc Brunel — who was an 0 modeling agency. Brunel had been working as 4 modeling agen enties. He claimed to have launched the careers 0 lucci, Estelle, Jerry Hall, Rachel Hunter, Romijn, Kristina Semenovskaya, Sharon Stone, and Este well as Christy Turlington a ect of a t since the sev- f Monica Bel- ren, as girls. Brunel had also been a subj tion, broadcast in 1988, into sexua industry. That exposé had cause modeling agency to sever her ties activities were also chronicled in a 1 d Eileen Ford of the 126 Milla Jovovich, Rebecca lla War- F nd other well-known cover 2 60 Minutes investiga- j ] exploitation in the modeling i elite Ford ; with the playboy. (Brunel’s” 995 book about the fashion « industry —Model: The U Gross.) But Brunel’s reputat getting involved in hist According to a sum Edwards, a victims’ law Epstein alleging fabrica 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.” “I strongly deny f : indirectly, in the actior Brunel would say. “I st "act or any wrongdoing 4 del agencies manag ee standard for almos' ’ According to Bru G HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022093