I've been interested in finding more details regarding Jeffrey Epstein since he was first arrested. This just seemed to be such a tangled web that involved powerful and well-known men, I wanted to see how, if any way, they were connected.
If I posted all I've discovered, it would fill up two pages here. But for others here that are curious to know more, I'm going to post a few interesting things I've discovered that others may want to look up themselves.
I'll give you a few facts and links starting with Epstein's partner in the Metropolitan Models company, his name is Jean-Luc Brunel.
French modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel owned a modeling agency(s)called 'MC2', one in New York and located in Miami, Florida. In 1988, Brunel faced multiple allegations of sexual misconduct by several models that worked for his modeling agency in Paris.
60 Minutes special regarding those allegations.
Then, in 1995, Brunel founded an agency called Karin Models of America and that later became MC2. Brunel received Epstein funds of "up to a million dollars" in 2004 to help launch the new modeling agency: MC2 Model Management. It was through this modeling agency that some of Epstein's 'victims' were procured through the 'pipeline'. Jean-Luc Brunel also housed models in Epstein’s Manhattan apartments, according to a sworn deposition by a former company bookkeeper.
MC2 was dissolved on September 27, 2019, less than one year ago. Jean-Luc Brunel went into hiding, first to Brazil then France. As part of the plea agreement Epstein made in Florida with Florida AG Alex Acosta, our former US Secretary of Labor, Jean-Luc Brunel could not be prosecuted in Florida. "When Epstein admitted that he solicited prostitution from a minor, he was given a promise that he and “any potential co-conspirators” would avoid further charges."
Jean-Luc Brunel: Mystery over Jeffrey Epstein’s missing mate
Jean-Luc Brunel and Ghislaine Maxwell
The prominent French agent and “scouting tsunami,” according to his MC2 bio, has gone underground, first in Brazil. In Paris, where his headquarters were once located he has a reputation as a cocaine-snorting playboy who exploited models, accusations he has denied.
Melania comes into the picture. The story that was told by Trump that he was on a date at a party when he met Melania there. Celina Midelfart, is the glamorous Norwegian businesswoman that Donald Trump allegedly dumped for Melania. This story is false.
Trump and Norwegian socialite Celina Midelfart who owned a property in Trump Tower, NY
"While attending a party at the Kit Kat Club during Fashion Week, thrown by their mutual friend and co-owner of Metropolitan Models, Paolo Zampolli, Trump and Knauss first crossed paths according to a Vanity Fair profile of Melania."
When Trump met Melania, Paola was there
When Donald Met Melania, Paolo Was There - The New York Times
Melania was doing modeling work for Metropolitan International Management. This company has other names including 'Metropolitan Models', 'Makers', 'M Management', 'Influencers by Metropolitan' and 'Urban Talent'. All of these businesses were LLC corporations operating under the 'Metropolitan Models Group'.
Metropolitan models agency - M Management / Paris model agency
You can draw an inferences you want to draw from the similarity of the names of the various LLC under the Metropolitan Models Group umbrella.
But there's more.... and it has to do with Steve Mnuchin
Steven Mnuchin’s Mysterious Link to Creepy Epstein Model Scout
before he was a member of Donald Trump’s Cabinet, or even a high-rolling hedge fund manager—Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin served in an official capacity for a business run by one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most infamous associates. In official records, Mnuchin is listed as the official state point of contact for Next Management Corporation, a company formed in 1988 by modeling-industry insiders Jean-Luc Brunel and Armand Brunel.
