"The Paris prosecutor's office on Saturday announced the formation of a special team of magistrates to scrutinize evidence that may implicate French nationals in crimes committed by convicted child sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein. The special team was created "to be able to extract any piece that could be usefully reused in a new investigative framework," the prosecutor's office told the AFP news agency. It will work closely with police and with prosecutors from the national financial crimes unit, according to French media outlets including Franceinfo."
"Brunel case to be re-examined Among the cases that will receive special attention is that of the late modelling agency executive, Jean-Luc Brunel, a close associate of Epstein. He was discovered hanged in his cell in the La Sante Prison in Paris in 2022 after being charged with raping minors and sexual harassment. Brunel was suspected of having raped, assaulted and harassed several minors and adult victims as well as having organized transport and hosting of young women for Epstein."
"Prosecutors said Brunel had engaged in sexual acts with underage girls in the United States, the US Virgin Islands, Paris and the south of France. The case against him was dropped in 2023 in the wake of his death and no one else was charged. Jean-Luc Brunel, pictured here with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, was found dead in his cell in 2022 awaiting trial on charges of raping minors and sexual harrassmentImage: imago images/ZUMA Wire"
The Paris prosecutor's office created a special team of magistrates to scrutinize evidence that may implicate French nationals in crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein. The team will cooperate with police and the national financial crimes unit to extract evidence for use in new investigative frameworks. Special attention will be given to the case of Jean-Luc Brunel, a modelling executive accused of raping and harassing minors and organizing transport and hosting of young women for Epstein; his case was dropped after his 2022 death in custody. Investigations are also probing French public figures named in US Department of Justice files, including diplomat Fabrice Aidan, and a complaint has been filed against Daniel Siad.
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