Brunel went to ground after Epstein’s death, but in October 2019 he, and Epstein’s former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, were traced to the Brazilian Riviera - and he was arrested the following year in Paris.
Highlights
- Jean-Luc Brunel, 76, was detained in December 2020 as part of an inquiry into allegations of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment.
- Brunel had founded a modelling management company with Jeffrey Epstein but he had denied any wrongdoing related to his association with him.
- The investigation was a preliminary inquiry into whether Epstein, the late financier and convicted sex offender, had committed sex crimes on French territory or against French victims.
- He disappeared alongside ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell after Epstein’s death in October 2019.
- He was eventually arrested at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport in 2020.
- Prince Andrew agreed to settle a case in which he was accused of abusing Virginia Giuffre, who was trafficked by Epstein.