What the New Epstein Photos Do Not Tell Us …

Democrats in the House of Representatives have released several dozen additional photos from the possession of Jeffrey Epstein. The images show Epstein’s contacts with wealthy and influential people. They come from a collection of more than 95,000 photos that was handed over to Congress following a subpoena. The release increases pressure on the Department of Justice. Further files are expected to be made public by the end of the week. Political attention surrounding these releases is growing, but without context many of the circulating images and bits of information remain weak in substance and serve more or less to satisfy social media. They stand on their own, explain nothing, and tend to obscure rather than clarify, to suggest rather than to enlighten, or to make any decisive contribution to the truth. One point must be stated very clearly: for some Democrats as well, a great deal is at stake. Crucial connections are missing: recruitment paths, responsibilities, accomplices. Without these links, there is no gain in insight, only another circulation of theoretical indications. For those affected, this is particularly problematic. Publications without context create expectations without delivering answers.

Our investigations continue and are focusing on a part of the international trafficking of girls from Lithuania and several Asian countries that has so far been insufficiently examined. According to our current findings, the operational handling of these structures was centrally managed by Jean-Luc Brunel. We have long focused on concrete recruitment processes, transport routes, accommodation, and the intermediaries involved. Several girls have been considered missing since documented contacts with Brunel. Reconstructing these processes requires cross-border and extremely intensive research and the evaluation of additional documents.

Anyone who wants to understand Jeffrey Epstein must know Jean-Luc Brunel. Jean-Luc Brunel is the name that hangs like a shadow over the European side of the Epstein complex. The French modeling agent, long-time business partner and close confidant of Jeffrey Epstein, was found dead in his cell in Paris on February 19, 2022. Official cause: suicide by hanging. It is a sentence that feels like a déjà vu, recalling the year 2019, the cell in New York, and that other alleged suicide that raised doubts worldwide. Brunel, too, was said to have hanged himself. Brunel, too, was awaiting trial. Brunel, too, was a key witness. The parallels are striking. Like Epstein, Jean-Luc Brunel was not only an alleged sexual offender, but part of a network that recruited young women and girls under the guise of glamour and modeling careers. Like Epstein, Brunel was also a man with contacts at the highest levels, in politics, aristocracy, media, and finance. And like Epstein, Brunel left behind a trail of victims, unanswered questions, and files that were never argued in court.

Brunel was born in 1946 and founded the modeling agency Karin Models in Paris in 1977. Later, with money from Jeffrey Epstein, he built MC2 Model Management in New York and Miami, an agency that according to multiple witness statements deliberately targeted minors. Brunel was not just a manager. He was a host, a broker, part of the system. He introduced young women to Epstein, organized travel, concealed age, origin, and intentions. In a message dated April 11, 2005, it states:

“Message IMPORTANT MESSAGE - For: Jeffrey - Date: 04/11/2005 - Time: 8:08 p.m. - From: Jean-Luc - Phone: 646 286 7000 - Call received: ✅ - Message: He has a teacher for you to teach you Russian. She is 2 × 8 years old (that is 16 years old), not blonde. The lessons are free and you can have the first lesson today if you call.” Anyone who wants to understand Jeffrey Epstein must know Jean-Luc Brunel and also the first proceeding in the Epstein case.

To be continued .....