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New evidence in Epstein files prompts renewed focus on modelling industry abuse

The case was previously closed. However, the accusers hope that investigations into Jeffrey Epstein could lead to its reopening. On Thursday, 15 women alleging sexual violence in the modelling industry asked the French judiciary to investigate Gerald Marie, a former executive of the prestigious modelling agency Elite Model Management (Elite)....

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Collective denounces online sale of Epstein-associated clothing

The Mouv'Enfants collective on Wednesday denounced the sale of clothing associated with Jeffrey Epstein on online platforms, demanding that their sale be banned. Navy half-zip sweatshirts embroidered with the initials JEE (Jeffrey Edward Epstein) were found on Etsy, Vinted, AliExpress and eBay. They are replicas of a garment worn by the sex...

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The Epstein files: Hermès CEO clarifies 2013 encounter and subsequent rejections

Paris, France - The chief executive officer of French luxury group Hermès, Axel Dumas, stated on Thursday that Jeffrey Epstein had pushed to meet him in 2013. Epstein went as far as inviting himself to a tour of one of the company's workshops in the Paris region. "I had only one contact with Jeffrey Epstein, which was in March 2013 during a...

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Lawyers of French Epstein ally demand probe into suicide

Paris - The lawyers of a top French modelling agent who killed himself in prison while charged with rape called for a probe Tuesday into what they said were the judiciary's failings in the case. Jean-Luc Brunel -- a close associate of US billionaire Jeffrey Epstein -- was found dead in his Paris prison cell in February 2022, where he had been...

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Former models call out French fashion boss in 'haunting' recounts

After keeping silent for years, more than a dozen women hope their harrowing testimonies will spur prosecutors to pursue a pillar of the French fashion industry, accused of abusing young models with widely known impunity over dozens of years. "It's haunted me for 20 years," Lisa Brinkworth, a former BBC journalist, told AFP of her encounter with...

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Modelling agent and former Epstein associate officially charged for sex crimes

French prosecutors said Saturday they had charged and imprisoned a former close associate of disgraced American billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, the prominent French modelling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, over alleged sex crimes. Brunel was charged with rape of minors over the age of 15 and sexual harassment, said a statement from the prosecutors' office....

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Modelling agent Brunel detained for sex crimes related to Epstein case

Prominent French modelling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, a former close associate of disgraced American billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, has been detained in France on accusations of sex crimes, prosecutors said on Thursday. Brunel was detained on Wednesday on accusations of rape, sexual assault of minors, human trafficking and being part of a criminal...

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France detains Epstein ex-associate Brunel on sex crime accusations: prosecutors

Paris - Prominent French modelling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, a former close associate of disgraced American billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, has been detained in France on accusations of sex crimes, prosecutors said on Thursday. Brunel was detained on Wednesday on accusations of rape, sexual assault of minors, human trafficking and being part of a...

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Epstein affair: Unanswered questions left in the fashion industry

The Harvey Weinstein case has triggered a social movement that has barely wavered in the past two years after the scandal broke in late 2017. The constant flow of damning testimonies presented by the media and on social networks is concrete proof of the movement’s strength. These testimonies, we must note, are allegations. Right now, they come...

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L Brands CEO accuses Jeffrey Epstein of misappropriating ‘vast sums of money’ from him

Leslie Wexner, the CEO and founder of L Brands, the owner of Victoria’s Secret, has accused Jeffrey Epstein of having “misappropriated” at least 46 million dollars from him while serving as his financial advisor. The claims against the accused child abuser and financier were detailed in a letter written by Wexner and addressed to the Wexner...