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viva la

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8. "Model agency' owner Jean-Luc Brunel
Thu Nov 13, 2025, 03:56 PM
Nov 2025

like Trump and Casablancas and Epstein.

"Jean-Luc Brunel was accused of grooming young females and of taking part in an alleged sex trafficking operation involving Epstein.[5] In 2019, the French National Police launched an investigation on Brunel after he went into hiding following Epstein's death.[5] He was arrested on 16 December 2020, and French prosecutors charged him with the rape of minors;[6] however, he hanged himself in his cell before his trial could proceed. [7]"

These 'agencies' seem in retrospect like these rich guys tricking girls into trafficking with the promise of a modeling contract.

BTW, one of these "owners" was Paolo Zampolli who "recruited" Melania and traded her off to Trump.



https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/14/teen-models-powerful-men-when-donald-trump-hosted-look-of-the-year

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Jean Luc is Jean Luc Brunel, a French model scout. Wiz Imp Nov 2025 #1
Jean Luc hanged himself in his cell, also too. suegeo Nov 2025 #2
Looks like they all hang themselves malaise Nov 2025 #3
Well jail cells usually don't have windows to fall from MagickMuffin Nov 2025 #5
A homicide by strangulation disguised as a suicide by hanging would be the best way to stage a "perfect" murder. sop Nov 2025 #6
Ibizia is a kind of Mediterranean malaise Nov 2025 #4
And nude beaches. erronis Nov 2025 #9
Yep malaise Nov 2025 #11
What did you turn up? Captain Zero Nov 2025 #19
Jean-Luc Brunel and Donald Trump were born in the same year Doodley Nov 2025 #7
"Model agency' owner Jean-Luc Brunel viva la Nov 2025 #8
The modeling madness... ultralite001 Nov 2025 #10
The "Transformation" of Melania Knauss... ultralite001 Nov 2025 #14
i wonder what other big crimes these people are into also? AllaN01Bear Nov 2025 #12
There is a reason we chose the bear. Pacifist Patriot Nov 2025 #13
Remember when the Republicans finally bailed on Nixon? Come on history, repeat dammit. twodogsbarking Nov 2025 #15
Kick suegeo Nov 2025 #16
IMG and Trump Model Mgmt are/were Model Management Companies... WarGamer Nov 2025 #17
The end of Trump Models: an 'inconsequential agency' mired by boycotts Celerity Nov 2025 #18
Trump's middle name is JOHN Captain Zero Nov 2025 #20
Rich men are dangerous. Clouds Passing Nov 2025 #21
certainly these ones Jbraybarten Nov 2025 #22
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