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Filing # 22956396 E-Filed 01/26/2015 12:26:55 PM IN THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA IN AND FOR DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL DIVISION JEAN-LUC BRUNEL. individually. and MC2 MODEL & TALENT MIAMI. LLC Civil Action No.: 14-21348 CA 01 Plaintiffs. vs. JEFFREY EPSTETN. TYLER MCDONALD. TYLER MCDONALD D/B/A/ YLORG Defendants. AMENDED VERIFIED COMPLAINT FOR LEGAL & EQUITABLE RELIEF AND DAMAGES COME NOW the Plaintiffs, Jean-Luc Brunel and MC2 Model & Talent Miami. LLC, by and through undersigned counsel, and sues Defendants Jeffrey Epstein. Tyler McDonald. and Tyler McDonald d/b/a/ Yi.Org for legal relief. equitable relief and defamation, and states as follows: I. Venue is proper in Dade County, Florida as Defendants Tyler McDonald and Tyler McDonald d/b/a Yi.Org do business in Dade County. Plaintiff Jean-Luc Brunel resides in Dade County. Florida. and Plaintiff MC2 Model & Talent Miami. LLC, has an office in Dade County. The causes of action and damages against Defendant Jeffrey Epstein accrued in Dade County, Florida, due to specific acts by Epstein there, and accordingly, venue is appropriate there. Florida Statute 47.011. 2. Florida Statute 48.193(1)(a)(I) ("long-arm") authorizes service on both out-of-state Defendants (Tyler McDonald. and Tyler McDonald d/b/a/ Yi.Org). EFTA00599859

3. Jurisdiction is proper in the Circuit Court as this action seeks relief in excess of fifteen- thousand dollars ($15,000). FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS AS TO DEFENDANT JEFFREY EPSTEIN 4. Plaintiff Jean-Luc Brunel is the owner of Plaintiff modeling agency known as "MC2 Model & Talent Miami" ("MC2"). MC2 began operations in October 2005 and has offices in New York, Miami, and Tel Aviv. 5. Defendant Jeffrey Epstein ("Epstein") is a hedge-fund manager with a residence in Palm Beach County, Florida. Defendant has been the subject of significant media coverage due to charges brought against him involving sexual contact with minors. (Composite Exhibit A attached). 6. Plaintiff Brunel and Epstein have known one another since the inception of Plaintiff MC2. 7. Plaintiff Brunel operated his modeling agency, Plaintiff MC2, without incident until Epstein was first charged in Palm Beach County with unlawful sexual contact with a minor in 2006. He was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor and sentenced to eighteen months in prison, of which he served thirteen months. He remains a registered sex offender in Florida as of this day. 8. First, after the initial criminal charges against Epstein were filed in Palm Beach County. Plaintiffs were widely implicated in the media as being "linked" to Epstein. These false stories caused both Plaintiffs a tremendous loss of business. 9. Plaintiffs lost multiple contacts and business in the modeling business as a direct result of Epstein's illegal actions. For example, several photographers will not work with MC2 due to the 2 EFTA00599860

adverse publicity surrounding Epstein and his illegal activities, and the publicity falsely linking Plaintiffs with those activities: namely, sex trafficking. (Composite Exhibit A). 10. One example of such a photographer was Michael Avedon, who worked with MC2 on photo shoots. Avedon stopped answering Plaintiffs' emails and phone calls after having known Plaintiff for some time. Upon meeting Avedon out one night. Avedon stated to Plaintiff Brunel he had "found out some information" from some friends of his and that he could not associate his name with MC2. II. This statement by Avedon was no doubt a reference to the alleged and false links between Plaintiffs and Epstein's illegal activities with under-aged girls. This incident clearly illustrates an example of lost business on Plaintiffs' behalf. 12. The second example of a business relationship that was terminated due to Epstein's intentional and illegal activities was a very recent one, involving an overseas agency, Modilinos Model Agency. The owner stated that the model to be placed with MC2 "found some article in internet. which changed her position and she preferred to be placed with another agency." This was relayed to Plaintiff Brunel by e-mail dated October 15.2014. This amply demonstrates that Epstein's intentional & illegal activities continue to cost Plaintiffs' business income. (Exhibit B attached). 13. A third example of a lost business relationship can be found in an e-mail dated October 17, 2014 (Exhibit C attached). The director of the I Mother Agency, Vladmir Yudashkin, states that a specific model will not sign with Plaintiff MC2 due to her fear that Plaintiffs- will force her into illegal activities. The model bases her fears upon the stories on the intemet falsely implicating Plaintiffs as being involved with illegal activities with young models. This is 3 EFTA00599861

another example of a false link between Epstein and Plaintiffs, costing Plaintiffs' business income. 14. A fourth example of a lost business relationship can be found in a second e-mail dated October 17, 2014 (Exhibit D attached). Manuela Martinez of Mega Partners, a Brazilian modeling agency, states to Plaintiff Brunel that her agency has been unable to work with Plaintiff MC2 for the past five to six years because of the sex trafficking allegations against Plaintiffs . This reference is clearly to the false allegations online regarding sex trafficking that were based in the false link between Epstein and Plaintiffs. 15. A fifth example of a lost business relationship can be found in an e-mail dated on behalf was an e-mail dated August 27, 2010 from Michelle Stockman of Agence France Presse. (Exhibit E attached). Agence France Presse is a newswire service with a world- wide reach. Stockman wanted to meet with Plaintiff Brunel to arrange a model shoot with MC2. However, due to the adverse publicity surrounding Plaintiffs as a result of Epstein's illegal activities. Plaintiff Brunel was forced to forego (and lose) this business opportunity because he needed to keep a low-profile at this time. 16. A sixth example of lost business due to Epstein's intentional and illegal activities can be found in an e-mail dated December 12. 2014. (Exhibit F attached). Michael Sanka, a talent scout who had worked with Plaintiffs for a number of years, informed Plaintiff Brunel that he cannot sign any new models for Plaintiff Brunel's MC2 agency due to the false sex trafficking allegations online. Sanka goes on to state that Plaintiff Brunel's MC2 agency will not attract any new models if Plaintiff Brunel does not clear up the false allegations. 17. A seventh example of lost business due to Epstein's intentional and illegal activities can be found in an e-mail from Fox Fashion Agency (Exhibit G attached). This e-mail clearly states 4 EFTA00599862

that Fox has placed models with Plaintiff MC2 in the past with absolutely no problems. However, because of the false internet trafficking links between Plaintiffs and Epstein, Fox states that it cannot place anymore models with Plaintiff MC2 until the allegations are cleared up. 18. Before the false links between Plaintiff and Epstein surfaced. Plaintiff Brunel was earning a great deal of revenue from MC2 Miami. 19. The false links between Plaintiffs and Epstein began to surface online in about 2005- 2006. Then, in 2006. Plaintiffs received a letter of credit from Epstein at 5% interest. Plaintiffs then made an investment totaling one-million dollars with Elite Paris. to start a company. 20. Next, Plaintiff Brunel started the company, "E Management". to work with Elite Models in Paris, Plaintiff had to close it almost immediately, because Elite didn't send any models to Plaintiff MC2 for fear of being linked to Epstein. 2I . Because the false links between Plaintiffs and Epstein began to gain strength online. Elite Paris severed the agreement due entirely to these false links. Plaintiff Brunel lost his investment of one-million dollars because of this loss of business. 22. Plaintiffs lost potentially ten-million dollars in profits due to this initial one-million dollar loss. 23. Additionally, a former financial controller of MC2. stated in a 2012 deposition that Plaintiff Brunel had never done anything inappropriate or illegal with any under- age model. (Exhibits HI & H2 -Transcript of Deposition of 24. was fired from her job at Plaintiff MC2 for embezzling company funds. and had criminal charges filed against her (Composite Exhibit I attached). She was also the source of the false information linking Plaintiffs to sex trafficking in the articles written by of the website Jezebel (Composite Exhibit A. p.2-7). 5 EFTA00599863

25. The deposition testimony of referred to above clearly demonstrates that Plaintiff Brunel has clean hands and was never involved in sex trafficking. All of Plaintiffs' damages came solely from Epstein's conduct. 26. Additionally. Plaintiff Brunel has had significant delays in obtaining his visa to come to the ■. These delays were also the result of the false link between Plaintiffs and Epstein. As a result of these delays. Plaintiffs lost a considerable amount of time & money. International travel is a significant component of Plaintiff Brunel's MC2 modeling business. Plaintiff Brunel has been forced to cancel his latest visa application as a result of the delays. (Exhibit J — Composite — Visa Docs). 27. As a result of the notoriety and tremendous publicity surrounding Epstein's criminal charges. and the media linkage of Epstein to Plaintiffs regarding illegal activities. Plaintiffs lost a tremendous amount of business and revenue. 28. Plaintiff Brunel's agency MC2 has lost millions of dollars in revenue since the media revealed that Plaintiffs and Epstein were associated. In fact. Plaintiff MC2 was worth millions of dollars; now, due to the illegal actions of Epstein. MC2 is almost worthless. 29. At no time did Epstein ever publicly state that Plaintiffs had no role whatsoever in the Epstein's illegal activities. 30. As a result of Epstein's illegal activities and his association with Plaintiffs, Plaintiffs continue to lose money and suffer damages to this day. (Exhibit K attached. Jeff Fuller email, 11-12-14). 31. Plaintiff Brunel will need to spend millions of dollars in order to restore his business to what it was once worth — money that the Plaintiff Brunel does not have. 6 EFTA00599864

32. Plaintiff Brunel continues to own and operate Plaintiff MC2 to this day, their names never having been cleared from the massive and totally negative media coverage involving Epstein and his illegal activities. Plaintiffs have been, and continue to be. irreparably harmed by these false internet-based links to Epstein. (Exhibits R &' attached). 33. Second. Plaintiff Brunel was also told by Epstein to leave the Palm Beach area in anticipation of a deposition of Plaintiff Brunel in a criminal case against Epstein. On the direct advice of Epstein, Plaintiff Brunel went to Europe and Asia for a period of time. This was done for the sole purpose of delaying Plaintiff Brunel's deposition. 34. As a direct result of Plaintiff Brunel's travels, his deposition was delayed twice. When it was finally scheduled for November 2009. Plaintiff Brunel was in fact available (Exhibit I attached). However, a medical emergency in the family of his attorney further delayed this deposition (Exhibit M attached). It was never rescheduled and he was never deposed. 35. This was a blatant example of obstruction of justice in the criminal case. Epstein was solely responsible for telling Plaintiff Brunel to leave the area. Plaintiff Brunel lost a huge opportunity to clear his name, and that of his agency. Plaintiff MC2. 36. Third. as a result of all of the facts stated above. Plaintiff Brunel was under tremendous psychological pressure throughout this period of time. 37. This psychological pressure resulted in Plaintiff Brunel avoiding business contacts as set forth above. This pressure also directly caused Plaintiff Brunel to avoid certain social contacts during this period of time. 38. Plaintiff Brunel became extremely withdrawn and anxious at this time. 39. Epstein's conduct was the direct cause of Plaintiff Brunel's psychological state. The press was reporting extensively on the lurid details of Epstein's illegal activities with the under- aged girls. 7 EFTA00599865

40. As stated above. the press reports were erroneously connecting both Plaintiffs to Epstein's illegal activities. (Composite Exhibit A attached). 41. Epstein's illegal activities were outrageous and extreme; they involved receiving massages from the under-aged girls while the girls were nude or nearly-nude; penetration of the girls with a finger or object; or full-intercourse. 42. These activities described above caused Plaintiff Brunel severe emotional distress. In fact, Plaintiff Brunel has recently undergone with a local psychologist, Dr. Royce N. Jalazo. as a result of Epstein's actions and the negative results on his business. (Exhibits N & O attached). 43. Plaintiff Brunel is emotionally destroyed as a result of Epstein's actions and the resultant effects on his business. He has been on medications to deal with the effects of this. (Composite Exhibit P — Medical History). 44. Plaintiffs have been damaged by the conduct of Defendant Epstein, and have accordingly retained undersigned counsel to represent him in this matter. and are obligated to pay counsel a reasonable fee for his services. FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS AS TO DEFENDANTS TYLER MCDONALD & TYLER MCDONALD D/B/A YLORG 45. Defendant Tyler McDonald ("McDonald") is the owner/operator of Yi.Org and also does business as Yi.Org — Defendant Tyler McDonald d/b/a Yi.org ("McDonald d/b/a Yi.Org"). Defendant McDonald resides in the state of Washington. Yi.Org is a website hosting service based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 46. In about 2009, Yi.org, by and through the actions of its owner, McDonald. began hosting websites that contained hyperlinks that contained blatantly false and extremely disparaging information about Plaintiffs. (Exhibit Q attached - hyperlink screenshot). 8 EFTA00599866

47. These links clearly and falsely associated Plaintiffs with illicit escort services in the state of Florida; information which Defendants McDonald and McDonald d/b/a Yi.Org knew, or should have known, was false. 48. These links have damaged Plaintiff reputation as an owner of a well-established modeling agency with offices in New York and Miami, Plaintiff MC2. 49. These links have also damaged the reputation of both Plaintiffs. 50. The combined damage to the reputation to both Plaintiffs has resulted in a significant loss of revenue to Plaintiff MC2, and accordingly. to Plaintiff Brunel. 51. Plaintiff MC2 revenues have fallen to a mere fraction of what they were before the appearance of the links on Yi.Org. 52. Both Defendants McDonald d/b/a Yi.Org and McDonald assisted in the dissemination of the false and negative information that damaged Plaintiffs' reputation and directly caused damages to Plaintiffs. 53. Plaintiff Brunel continues to own and operate Plaintiff MC2 to this day. both names still harmed by the false and negative association with escort services in Florida. 54. Accordingly, Plaintiffs have been severely damaged by information on websites hosted by Yi.Org, which is maintained, owned and operated by Defendants McDonald d/b/a Yi.Org and McDonald. 55. The information disseminated by the websites hosted by Defendants McDonald d/b/a Yi.Org and McDonald was false and defamatory to the extreme regarding Plaintiffs alleged involvement with escort services in the stale of Florida. 56. Defendants McDonald d/b/a Yi.Org and McDonald have made no attempt to clear the names of Plaintiffs with regard to the false and defamatory information disseminated by the 9 EFTA00599867

websitcs they hosted. 57. Plaintiffs continue to do business to this day, their names never having been cleared from the negative information disseminated by Defendants McDonald d/b/a Yi.Org and McDonald. 58. Plaintiffs have been damaged by the conduct of Defendants McDonald d/b/a Yi.Org and McDonald, and have accordingly retained undersigned counsel to represent him in this matter. and arc obligated to pay counsel a reasonable fee for his services. COUNT I — EQUITABLE RELIEF FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS AND REVENUE - AS TO DEFENDANT JEFFREY EPSTEIN 59. The allegations contained in paragraphs I through 44 above are re-alleged and incorporated herein by reference. 60. Plaintiffs have lost a significant amount of business revenue because of the actions of Defendant Epstein set forth above. 61. Plaintiffs have no adequate legal remedy to make him whole as a result of the damages suffered in the form of lost business revenue due to the actions of Defendant Epstein. 62. Accordingly, Plaintiffs seeks to become whole by the payment of damages by Defendant Epstein to compensate him for his losses. WHEREFORE, PLAINTIFFS request judgment against DEFENDANT as follows: A. Damages in excess of fifteen-thousand dollars: trial by jury and B. Grant other such relief as is appropriate. COUNT II — OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE - EQUITY - AS TO DEFENDANT JEFFREY EPSTEIN 63. The allegations contained in paragraphs I through 44 above are re-alleged and incorporated herein by reference. 10 EFTA00599868

64. Plaintiff was forced to commit illegal acts by traveling away from the sight of the deposition and during the time period of the deposition. 65. Defendant Epstein attempted to subvert justice and this attempt contributed to the destruction of business, Plaintiff MC2. Plaintiff Brunel lost substantial time away from his business and incurred expenses in following Epstein's commands. 66. Plaintiffs were substantially damaged as a direct result of Epstein's actions. WHEREFORE. PLAINTIFFS request judgment against DEFENDANT as follows: A. Damages in excess of fifteen-thousand dollars; trial by jury and B. Grant other such relief as is appropriate. COUNT III — INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS UPON PLAINTIFF BRUNEL - AS TO DEFENDANT JEFFREY EPSTEIN 67. The allegations contained in paragraphs I through 44 above are re-alleged and incorporated herein by reference. 68. Defendant Epstein recklessly inflicted emotional distress upon Plaintiff Brunel by engaging in illegal conduct with under-aged girls, which was falsely linked to Plaintiffs. 69. This illegal conduct was extreme and outrageous by any standard. 70. This extreme and outrageous conduct was the direct cause of extreme emotional distress in Plaintiff Brunel. WHEREFORE, PLAINTIFF BRUNEL requests judgment against DEFENDANT as follows: A. Damages in excess of fifteen-thousand dollars; trial by jury and B. Grant other such relief as is appropriate II EFTA00599869

COUNT IV - EQUITABLE RELIEF FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS AND REVENUE - AS TO DEFENDANTS TYLER MCDONALD AND MCDQNALD Dift/A,YLORG 71. The allegations contained in paragraphs I through 3 & 45 through 58 above are re- alleged and incorporated herein by reference. 72. Plaintiff, through his agency MC2, has lost a significant amount of business revenue because of the actions of Defendants McDonald d/b/a Yi.Org and McDonald set forth above. 73. Plaintiffs have no adequate legal remedy to make him whole as a result of the damages suffered in the form of lost business revenue due to the actions of both Defendants. 74. Accordingly, Plaintiffs seek to become whole by the payment of damages by both Defendants to compensate him for his losses. WHEREFORE, PLAINTIFFS request judgment against DEFENDANTS as follows: A. Damages in excess of fifteen-thousand dollars; trial by jury and B. Grant other such relief as is appropriate. COUNT V — DEFAMATION AGAINST PLAINTIFFS - AS TO DEFENDANTS TYLER MCDONALD AND MCDONALD D/B/A YI.ORG 75. The allegations contained in paragraphs I through 3 & 45 through 58 above are re- alleged and incorporated herein by reference. 76. Defendants McDonald d/b/a Yi.Org and McDonald published or caused to be published, false statements about Plaintiffs using their domain hosting service. 77. Defendants McDonald d/b/a Yi.Org and McDonald knew, or should have known, that the statements about Plaintiffs were false. 78. These published statements were read by the Internet users who viewed the false statements. 79. Plaintiffs' business reputations were severely damaged as a result. 12 EFTA00599870

WHEREFORE. PLAINTIFFS request judgment against DEFENDANTS as follows: A. Damages in excess of fifteen-thousand dollars; trial by jury and B. Grant other such relief as is appropriate. COUNT VI — EQUITABLE RELIEF FOR REPAIR OF BUSINESS REPUTATION - AS TO DEFENDANTS TYLER MCDONALD & TYLER MCDONALD D/B/A/ YI.ORG 80. The allegations contained in paragraphs I through 3 & 45 through 58 above are re- alleged and incorporated herein by reference. 81. Plaintiffs have also suffered a significant loss of their business reputations as a direct result of the actions of Defendants McDonald d/b/a Yi.Org and McDonald. 82. Plaintiffs have no adequate legal remedy to make them whole as a result of the damages suffered in the form of lost business reputations due to the actions of both Defendants. 83. Accordingly, Plaintiffs seeks to restore their business reputations by the payment of damages by both Defendants to compensate them for their loss of reputations. WHEREFORE. PLAINTIFFS request judgment against DEFENDANTS as follows: A. Damages in excess of fifteen-thousand dollars; trial by jury and B. Grant other such relief as is appropriate. /s/ Joe Titone Joc Titone Attorney FL BAR #: 203882 621 51h Street Pompano Beach. Florida 33060 (954) 729-6490 (954) 941-2232 (FAX) Joetitone708ecomcast.net 13 EFTA00599871

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2010/07/29/jeffrey-epstein-feds-probe-possible-child- trafficking-charge.html Epstein Faces Sex-Traffic Probe The Justice Department is investigating Jeffrey Epstein for child trafficking, The Daily Beast has learned—and has widened the scope of its probe to include a famous modeling agency. Hedge-fund manager Jeffrey Epstein completed his sentence for soliciting prostitution with a minor last week. But it appears his problems may not be over. Now The Daily Beast has learned that: • Federal investigators continue to investigate Epstein's activities, to see whether there is evidence of child trafficking—a far more serious charge than the two in his non- prosecution agreement, the arrangement between Epstein and the Department of Justice allowing him to plead guilty to lower-level state crimes. Trafficking can carry a 20-year sentence. • The FBI is also investigating Epstein's friend Jean Luc Brunel, whose MC2 modeling agency appears to have been a source of girls from overseas who ended up on Epstein's private jets. Because Epstein's predatory habits stretch back many years and involved dozens of young- looking girls. there may well be more evidence to uncover. Under the concept of double jeopardy, Epstein can no longer be prosecuted for any of the charges covered by his non-prosecution agreement, in which he agreed to serve a short term of incarceration, fund the civil suits of named victims, and register as a sex offender. The victims who accepted cash settlements in these civil suits agreed not to testify against him or speak publicly about the case. However, new evidence developed by the Department ofJustice on other offenses not covered by the agreement, including allegations by additional victims who come forward, could lead to new charges. There is no statute of limitations in the federal sex- trafficking law, which was also enacted by the state of Florida in 2002. Because his predatory habits stretch back many years and involved dozens of young-looking girls. there may well be more evidence to uncover. (Several young women who claim to be Epstein victims have recently contacted a Ft. Lauderdale lawyer. but to date no new civil complaints have been filed.) • The Billionaire Pedphile's Sex Den • Billionaire Pedophile Goes Free These new developments come one week after the publication of two articles in The Daily Beast about Epstein's pattern of sexual contact with underage girls. which Palm Beach police began investigating in 2005 and the U.S. Attorney's office then settled in a 2007 plea deal. The first 16 EFTA00599874

article quoted a deposition by then-Palm Beach Chief of Police Michael Reiter, in which he stated that Epstein. a billionaire with many powerful friends. had received special treatment in both his plea deal and the terms of his incarceration. Although federal investigators at one point produced a draft 53-page indictment against Epstein. he was eventually allowed to plead guilty to only two relatively minor state charges and receive a short term of incarceration: 13 months in the county jail. during which he went to the office every day, and one year of community control, during which he traveled frequently to New York and his private island in the Virgin Islands. The Daily Beast has now discovered another instance in which Epstein apparently received special consideration: As a convicted sex offender, he is required by law to undergo an impartial psychological evaluation prior to sentencing and to receive psychiatric treatment during and after incarceration. This is because child molesters tend to be repeat offenders with high rates of recidivism. According to a source in law enforcement, however, Epstein was allowed to submit a report by his private psychologist, Dr. Stephen Alexander of Palm Beach, Florida, whose phone has since been disconnected with no forwarding information. The Daily Beast's second article provided details about Epstein's systematic abuse of underage girls at his Palm Beach mansion. where members of his staff allegedly recruited and paid a parade of teenagers. most of them 16 or younger, to perform daily massages that devolved into masturbation, groping, and sometimes full-blown sexual contact. It also revealed a monetary relationship between Epstein and Jean Luc Brunel, a frequent visitor to whom he gave SI million around the same time that Brunel was starting his MC2 modeling agency. Some of the young girls MC2 recruited from overseas—often from Eastern Europe and South America—are known to have been passengers on Epstein's private jets. The U.S. Attorney General's Office in Florida says that it is against policy to confirm or deny the existence of an investigation. Jeffrey Epstein's lawyer, Jack Goldberger. says he has no knowledge of an ongoing probe, and he told The Daily Beast. "Jeffrey Epstein has fully complied with all state and federal requirements that arise from the prior proceedings in Palm Beach. There are no pending civil lawsuits. There are not and should not be any pending criminal investigations, given Mr. Epstein's complete fulfillment of all the terms of his non-prosecution agreement with the federal government." C'onchita Sarnabr has developed multimedia communication programs for Fortune 500 companies and has produced three current-events debate Tit programs. The Americas Forum. From Beirut to Kabul. and a segment for The Oppenheimer Report . She is writing a book about child trafficking in America I7 EFTA00599875

http://www.thedailvbeast.com/articles/2010/07/22/jeffrey-epstein-pedophile-billionaire-and- his-sex-den.html The Billionaire Pedophile's Sex Den Hedge fund mogul and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who went free this week, lived in a depraved world of thrice-dail masse es, pornographic artwork, and hush money—that's only now being revealed. reports on the sordid details in part two of her exclusive expose. Hedge fund mogul and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who went free this week, lived in a depraved world of thrice-dail masse es ornographic artwork, and hush money—that's only now being revealed. reports on the sordid details in part two of her exclusive exposé. Also: • Nude images of young girls were scattered around the house and the bathroom soap was shaped like sex organs • Staff trolled for fresh recruits to make sure Epstein had two or three massage appointments each day • The house manager has been sentenced to a longer prison term than Epstein—for trying to sell notes regarding massage appointments • Epstein gave $1 million to his friend Jean Luc Brunel when he was starting the modeling agency MC2 • According to a former bookkeeper, young girls were brought to the U.S. by MC2—often from Eastern Europe—then traveled on Epstein's private jets Jeffrey Epstein's loyal friends say that his prosecution was unduly harsh, rather than outrageously lenient. They insist that his sexual habits, although obsessive and unusual, were mostly legal and essentially harmless. As the police records attest, the girls brought to El Brillo Way were routinely told they could "say no" at any time during a massage as Epstein escalated contact in a step-by-step assault that was remarkably similar in every victim's statement: First she would be asked to remove her shirt, then her pants. Ile would attempt to fondle her buttocks and breasts as he masturbated, then bring out a large vibrator. There was sometimes digital penetration, and the more willing girls were lured into full-blown sexual relations with both Epstein and who was referred to in press accounts and police reports as Epstein's live-in "sex slave." A former bookkeeper in the Miami office, who also arranged visas for girls traveling to the U.S., confirmed that MC2 girls became frequent guests on Epstein's private jets. I8 EFTA00599876

It's true that some underage girls may have lied about their age, and some came to the house voluntarily several times—although, according to Florida statutes, none of that has any bearing on the criminality of the contact, particularly if the girl was 16 or younger. But what is particularly disturbing about this case—judging by arrangements at the Palm Beach house—is that Epstein, a billionaire hedge-fund manager, organized his life around this sexual compulsion in an open and methodical way that suggests he felt he was beyond the law. • Epstein Faces Sex Traffic Probe • Billionaire Pedophile Goes Free According to police who executed a search warrant, the house was decorated with large. framed photos of nude young girls, and similar images were found stashed in an armoire and on the computers seized at the house (although police found only bare cables where other computers had been). Some bathrooms were stocked with soap in the shape of sex organs. and various sex toys, such as a "twin torpedo" vibrator and creams and lubricants available at erotic specialty shops, were stowed near the massage tables set up in several rooms upstairs. E stein also enlisted his staff in the predatory activity, and four . and --figured in the FBI investigation. The Non Prosecution Agreement stipulated that they would not be charged. According to police reports and sworn statements in the civil suits, all four women, among their other duties, worked to ensure that an appointment book for twice- or thrice-daily "massages" was stocked with fresh recruits. Ghislaine Maxwell, daughter of the late Czechoslovakian-born press baron Robert Maxwell. who was for many years Epstein's live-in partner, also recruited young girls. Since his 13-month sentence for soliciting prostitution with a minor, Epstein has settled more than a dozen lawsuits brought by underage girls. Seven victims reached a last-minute deal last week. days before a scheduled trial: each received well over SI million—an amount that will hardly dent Epstein's $2 billion net worth. The victims told police they waited in the kitchen to be called upstairs for a massage. and the house chef often gave them a bite to eat. House manager Alfredo Rodriguez said in his sworn statement that a maid named Lupita. who was a devout Catholic, wept when she complained to him about cleaning up after the massage sessions, picking up soiled towels and putting away the sex toys. And she was upset that a photo of Epstein with the pope hung next to one of him with a young girl. Ironically. Rodriguez. who ran the house on El Brillo Way in 2004 and 2005, ended up being sentenced to more jail time than his boss as a result of the complex investigation into Epstein's activities. Ile was fired, he says. for inadvertently drawing police attention to one of the girls when she arrived at the house unannounced to collect money. Ile saw an unfamiliar "beater" in the driveway one evening and called 911. When he left Epstcin's employ. Rodriguez took away some notes and emails about massage appointments as "protection" against his own prosecution. and failed to produce them during the Palm Beach Police Department's initial investigation. Unable to get work as a house manager elsewhere in South Florida, he says. Rodriguez later tried to sell this "golden nugget"—his term—for $50,000, to be used in the victims' civil suits. 19 EFTA00599877

Unfortunately, he made the offer to an undercover cop. and was subsequently charged with "obstruction of official proceedings" for withholding information that could have advanced the criminal investigation of Epstein—which by that point had been settled in a plea deal. Rodriguez was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison (Epstein was allowed to serve 13 months in the Palm Beach county jail), and now awaits an additional sentence on Aug. 24 in federal court in Miami for transporting firearms, another deal he says he made to pay the bills after he lost his job. In a deposition given for the civil suits. Rodriguez testified that he was instructed to always have $2,000 in cash on hand, so that he could pay both the girls who gave massages and recruiters such as who brought them to the house. He also testified that Epstein made large contributions to the Palm Beach Police Department, and in return was given PBPD baseball hats to put on the dashboard of his various cars to avoid being stopped or ticketed by local police. Retired Police Chief Michael Reiter, in his own deposition, acknowledged that, in addition to earlier donations to the police department (which are fairly common in well-heeled Palm Beach), Epstein had recently given the department $100,000 for some sophisticated equipment. The police were still researching the purchase when Epstein came under suspicion, and Reiter ordered the money returned. (Guy Frostin, one of Epstein's local attorneys, told police that Epstein also gave $100.000 to the Florida Ballet for massages, because he was "very passionate" about massages being "therapeutically and spiritually" beneficial. Yet victims told police they had no massage training.) Perhaps most disturbing, in terms of possible sex trafficking, was Epstein's relationship with Jean Luc Brunel. owner of the MC2 modeling agency. According to a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern Di trict of Florida, an alleged victim said that Epstein, Maxwell. Brunel, Rodriguez, and "deliberately engaged in a pattern of racketeering that involved luring minor children through MC2, mostly girls under the age of 17, to engage in sexual play for money." (Which would amount to trafficking.) Brunel is a 50-plus French playboy who was formerly part owner of Karin. a Paris-based modeling agency. He lives in New York and South Beach, Florida. and owns 85 percent of MC2. which has offices in New York, Miami, and Tel Aviv. (The remaining 15 percent is owned by his partner, Jeff Fuller.) Brunel has been observed as a house guest at Epstein's Palm Beach home and may well have had contact with him also in New York, where Epstein owns a lavish home, and in Paris, where Epstein keeps an apartment on elegant Ave. Foch. CBS reporter Craig Pyes, who investigated Brunel for a 60 Minutes broadcast many years ago. is quoted in Michael Gross' book about the modeling industry, Afodel: The l'uly Business of Beautiful Women. Pyes told the author that Brunel "ranks among the sleaziest people in the fashion industry. We're talking about a conveyor belt, not a casting couch. Hundreds of girls were not only harassed but molested." Now The Daily Beast has learned that Epstein had made a $I million wire transfer to Brunel's offshore bank account in September 2004, just as he was setting up MC2. Whether this was a gift or a loan or a backdoor investment in the new venture is unknown. A French citizen who managed to avoid giving evidence in the Epstein investigation, Brunel declined to comment on any of this. as does Fuller. Asked in April of Brunel's activities. 20 EFTA00599878

Epstein said "I'm 100 percent convinced that he doesn't traffic children." (Brunel has never been charged.) An American fashion designer who booked her girls through MC2 says they were very young and very beautiful; many were from Eastern Europe and spoke little English. A former bookkeeper in the agency's Miami office, who also arranged visas for girls traveling to the U.S.. confirmed that MC2 girls became frequent guests on Epstein's private jets. Pilot logs obtained in the civil suits show that some of the named plaintiffs were on the flight manifests. Other times, the pilot would just list the other passengers plus "female." Editor's Note: An earlier version of this article misidentified the subject of Craig Pyes' investigation and the title of Michael Gross' book. The Daily Beast has corrected the subject and title and regrets the error. Read - orieinal report on Epstein. has developed multimedia communication programs for Fortune 500 companies and has produced three current events debate television programs, The Americas Forum. From Beirut to Kabul. and a segment for The Oppenheimer Report. She is a contributor to The liuffington Post. She is writing a book about child trafficking in America. 21 EFTA00599879

http://fasbioncopious.typepad.com/fashioncopious/2010/08/mc2-modeling-agency-involved-in-sex- trafficking.html MC2 Modeling Agency Involved In Sex Trafficking August 11,2010 On August 4th Jezebel ran the following story: The Sex- traftickine Model Scout. Perhaps most disturbing, in terms of possible sex trafficking. was Epstein's relationship with Jean Luc Brunel, owner of the MC2 modeling agency. According to a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, an alleged victim said that Epstein • and girlfriend Ghislaine] Maxwell, Brunel. [house manager Alfredo] Rodriguez. and 'deliberately engaged in a pattern of racketeering that involved luring minor children through MC2, mostly girls under the age of 17. to engage in sexual play for money. The previous paragraph in the story read: and making [speaking of Jeffrey Epstein] frequent $100,000 donations to the Palm Beach Police Department would insulate him from prosecution for his various depravities. Which included, for the record: b ' bear -old Yugloslavian named from her parents in order to keep as his "sex slave"; paying a retinue of women to trawl Palm Beach for teenagers economically desperate enough to agree to give Epstein "massages" that often led to sexual contact; receiving two 12-year-old French girls as a "birthday present"; and befriending Michael Wolff. 22 EFTA00599880

hnp://bettyfokker.wordpress.com/2.010/08/20/hes-helping-others-get-away-with-child-scx- trafficking/ He's helping others get away with child-sex trafficking Posted on August 20. 2010 by Petty Fokkr Let's discuss that billionaire douche-face child-rapist, JelTrey Epstein for a moment shall we? He's someone who likes to have sex with venerable underage girls, including 12 year old girls who are trafficked into the US under the guise that they will become models. His partner in crime was Jean Luc Brunel owner and 'talent scout' of the MC2 "modeling agency". Epstein coincidently invested a million bucks in the MC2 kiddie-rem-fin modeling agency and let Brunel use his privet jet. The FBI thinks Epstein has assaulted/molested about 40 or so young girls. So he's going to prison for the rest of his life right? Wrong. When faced with the best defense lawyers money could buy, the prosecutors wimped out and made a plea bargain so light it boggles the mind. This kid-raping bastard only had to please guilty to two MINOR charges and gets a private cell, a cell he gets to leave on a "work release program" by the way. Now. I am not blaming his defense attorneys. They were doing their job and, under our constitution, a festering anus like Epstein has the right to the best attorneys he can afford. am livid with the prosecuting attorneys. It was their job to do everything in their power to bring this vomit-inducing shit-sack to justice. Instead, they decided to gutlessly pander to his wealth. privilege, and powerful defense team. They rolled over and did everything but send in another kid to give this fucker a hand-job. So this vermin got away with raping 12 year old girls because the prosecuting attorneys couldn't find a single testicle/ovary to share among them. And do you know what their chicken-shit kowtowing to Epstein has wrought? It's opened the door for other child-sex traffickers to get filthier sentences for their crimes too. Why should they have to pay when he didn't? After all, it was just girls they were trafficking for sex with disgusting older males (I refuse to call something like Epstein a "man": it insults men) ... they weren't harming anything of any value in our culture! I'm a feminist because I think girls & women have value. What a crying, fucking shame there wasn't one feminist in the prosecutors office to go after this monster and punish him. What a pity other hell-spawn might get away with trafficking girls for sex more easily because of the shit- for-brains attorneys who let Epstein get away with his crimes. My eyeballs are melting with rage. Never mind. They aren't melting. It's just tears of helpless and despairing rage against an unjust legal system and the cultural devaluation of women and girls. 23 EFTA00599881

Ads by Google http://gawker.com/5600294/recentiv -freed-sex-offen der- ieffrev-enstein-mav-face-ch ild- trafficking-thaws Recently-Freed Sex Offender Jeffrey Epstein May Face Child Trafficking Charges !to mt. sita• IMLIMPO. Expand ,leffrev Epstein, the billionaire Bill Clinton pal who just left jail after completing a sentence for soliciting sex with a minor, may be headed back soon: The Daily Beast reports that the Justice Department is investigating him for child trafficking. Epstein, famous for being rich, being friends ‘v ith Bill Clinton having an egg-shaped penis. and being a vindictive pervert, can't be for the charges he copped to in his plea deal. But according to the Daily Beast's new charges might be coming: As we learned in Vanity Fair yesterday. Bill Clinton has spent his post-presidential life...Read more Federal investigators continue to investigate Epstein's activities, to see whether there is evidence of child trafficking-a far more serious charge than the two in his non-prosecution agreement, the arrangement between Epstein and the Department of Justice allowing him to plead guilty to lower-level state crimes. Trafficking can carry a 20-year sentence. Since there's no statute of limitations for sex-trafficking, and Epstein's predatory adventures apparently date back more than a few years, it's likely there's more women who could come forward. (Apparently some have contacted a lawyer, but nothing's been filed yet.) It's not just Epstein, either—his buddy Jean Luc Brunel, head of the MC2 modeling agency, is also being investigated, and some of the models he represented (many from overseas) may have been enlisted as companions on Epstein's private jet. 24 EFTA00599882

lutp://www.huffingtonpost.corn/2014/06/03/jeffrey-epstein_n_5439407.htm I MIAMI (AP) — Nearly a decade ago, a wealthy financial guru came under FBI investigation. suspected of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls at his Palm Beach mansion. Then, abruptly, the investigation was dropped and Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty to a single state charge of soliciting prostitution. He served just over a year in jail. Now, two women who say they were among his victims have won a precedent-setting appeals court ruling entitling them to see all the documents from the plea bargain discussions between Epstein's high-powered lawyers and federal prosecutors. Their goal: use those tiles to undo the agreement. reopen the investigation and subject Epstein to more charges. The women's lawyers contend Epstein got special treatment because of his wealth and connections. His attorneys deny that. Epstein. 61. made hundreds of millions of dollars managing funds for rich clients. Shortly after his 2008 guilty plea. it came to light that his lawyers had secretly reached a non-prosecution agreement months earlier with the U.S. .lustice Department that spared him a potentially heavier punishment. "Our complaint alleges that, prodded by Epstein. the federal prosecutors deliberately concealed the sweetheart plea deal they made with him to avoid public criticism." said Paul Cassell. a University of Utah law professor who is representing the two women. The U.S. attorney's office in Miami would not comment. But the U.S. attorney at the time. R. Alexander Acosta. said in a 2011 letter defending his office that more evidence came to light after Epstein made his deal. "Many victims have spoken out. filing detailed statements in civil cases seeking damages. Physical evidence has been discovered." Acosta wrote. "Had these additional statements and evidence been known. the outcome may have been different." Epstein has settled lawsuits for undisclosed amounts with many of the women who say they were underage when they were paid for sex. The case represents the first time a federal appeals court has ruled that the Crime Victims' Rights Act of 2004 guarantees victims the right to be informed about the details of how a plea bargain was reached. according to legal experts and lawyers involved in the case. The law marked the culmination of efTons begun in the 1960s to give crime victims more of a say. 25 EFTA00599883

"I hope that the case will ultimately set an important precedent that federal prosecutors can't keep victims in the dark about the plea deals that they reach? Cassell said. Epstein served 13 months of an 18-month sentence on the prostitution charge. sold his Palm Beach home in 2011 and now divides his time between a New York City home. a Caribbean island and an apartment in Paris. according to court documents. He also has a large New Mexico ranch. He donates huge sums each year. particularly toward projects involving new medical treatments and artificial intelligence. His foundation established a Harvard University program that uses mathematics to study evolutionary biology. viruses and disease. According to lawsuits filed by some of his accusers. Epstein relied on assistants to recruit underage girls to give him massages and perform sex acts. They were usually paid about $200. Seine girls were notified about the investigation beginning in 2006. But they weren't told about the negotiations with federal prosecutors for at least nine months, despite a requirement in the Crime Victims' Rights Act that they be kept informed. The two women — who were 13 and 14 when the alleged assaults occurred — sued for the files and won. "Although plea negotiations are vital to the functioning of the criminal justice system. a prosecutor and target of a criminal prosecution do not enjoy a relationship of confidence and trust when they negotiate." the appeals court said. Federal prosecutors have begun turning over the documents. Epstein's attorney. Roy Black, the celebrity lawyer who is also representing Justin Bieber in his DUI and resisting-arrest case in Miami Beach. declined to comment but has asked that the documents be kept from public view. and so far they have been. In a May 23 court filing. Black said that there was no conspiracy between prosecutors and Epstein's team to violate the victims' rights law and that the non-prosecution agreement contained many provisions Epstein strongly opposed. such as registering as a sex offender and agreeing not to contest certain lawsuits. "This was no sweetheart deal by any stretch of the imagination." Black said in court papers. Even if a judge invalidates the plea deal, it will still be up to federal prosecutors to decide what to do. "The court can't force the prosecutors to bring charges." said Man Alexrod. a former federal prosecutor now in private practice in Washington. 26 EFTA00599884

Communications expert Regulating Modeling Agencies to Help Prevent Child Sex Trafficking Posted: 02/10/2012 8:49 pm In 2010, Jezebel, an online site, published "The Sex Trafficking Model Scout" warning about the dangers of deregulated modeling agencies in the U.S. Given the growing number of modeling agencies that transport underage teenagers from foreign countries into the United States and the growing sex trade of underage girls in the U.S. why does this industry remain deregulated? Since the advent of this business, modeling agencies have had free reign to scout teenagers from every state in the country as well as every nation in the world. Many of these teenage girls come from economically disadvantaged families and are offered none to very limited protection while traveling and working as "models." Jezebel reported that Jean Luc Brunel, one of the cast of characters involved in the ongoing Jeffrey Epstein (a level 3 registered sex offender), eight-year-long case, has been working for over two decades with a succession of agencies in New York and Paris. According to media reports, Diane Sawyer produced a segment for CBS's 60 Minutes featuring a sex scandal that eventually led Eileen Ford (founder of renowned Ford modeling agency) to stop working with Brunel. Bruncl's latest venture is the modeling agency MC2 based in South Beach. Fla. with satellite offices in New York and Tel Aviv. Since his agency is deregulated and "no criminal charges have been filed by any of his accusers" — although many have tried to serve him including lawyers representing Epstein's victims, Brunel continues to hide behind his French citizenship to prevent depositions. "Trawling for 5'1 I" underage teenagers to work for his agency. MC2, or anyone else who requests. Brunel is free to scout for very young girls without limitations." Given his citizenship he also successfully avoided deposition in Epstein's sex related cases. Like so many other reporters who have tried to report his side of the story when Jezebel contacted Brunel. "he did not respond to our interview request." According to Jezebel: 27 EFTA00599885

we spoke to a number of people who worked with his agency and while MC2 isn't considered a major industry player, it isn't exactly bottom-shelf, either... Brunel isn't involved with the business on a day-to-day basis, although he owns an 85 percent stake in MC2. Instead, he does scouting for the agency and takes care of the international relations with other agencies, reports one source. Scouts scour the world for unrepresented teenage girls who could make it as models. They work largely unsupervised and are generally paid a headhunting fee for every girl an agency signs. Even when affiliated with an agency, as Brunel obviously is with MC2, scouts operate mostly independently and with little oversight. The company blog refers to Brunel as a 'scouting tsunami' and MC2 is fairly well known for the strength of its international scouting. Model, Michael Gross's 1995 book, describes Brunet's activities in Paris from the late 1970s onwards, when he worked for, and eventually owned, the modeling agency Karin. "Jean-Luc is considered a danger." says Jen5me Bonnouvrier. "Owning Karin was a dream for a playboy. His problem is that he knows exactly what girls in trouble are looking for. He's always been on the edge of the system." John Casablancas, founder of Elite modeling agency said: I really despise Jean-Luc as a human being for the way he's cheapened the business. There is no justice. This is a guy who should be behind bars. There was a little group, Jean-Luc. Patrick Gilles, and Varsano. They were very well known in Paris for roaming the clubs. They would invite girls and put drugs in their drinks. Everybody knew they were creeps? Casablancas was a professional rival who was pushed out of his agency for questionable concerns. Katie Ford human trafficking abolitionist and Eileen Ford's daughter, talked to the Wall Street Journal magazine. In that stun "A Model Trade Union," Ford describes herself as a "roving ambassador" to help stop human trafficking. Ford sold her stake in the family business in 2007 to the private equity firm Stone Tower Equity. "In her new life as a nearly full-time, unpaid, roving ambassador for the cause her job is an outgrowth of her former work, rather than a repudiation of it. or an atonement. Her interest in human trafficking began when a representative of the United Nations called to ask if she would participate in a women's leadership group that was studying the issue of trafficking. "I said, 'I can't come talk about it, because I don't know anything about it!'" Ford recalls. "But went, and after two hours. I knew why I was there. The way people traffic across borders is parallel to the way we recruit models. According to Ford "the target age is 14 to 24. and so it's similar to modeling." I knew how to reach that market" she said. "It was the feeling of: There but for the grace of God... The girls who came to us could have been those girls." http://jezebel.com/5603638/meet-the-modeling-agent-who-traffieked-underage-girls-for-sex The Sex-Trafficking Model Scout 28 EFTA00599886

xpand Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire financier who the FBI believes molested around 40 underaged girls, was assisted by a prominent modeling agent and scout. Here's what we know about Jean Luc Brunel. Jeffrey Epstein, you will no doubt recall, is the man who thought ferrying Bill Clinton on his private jet, lawyering up with superstar Alan Dershowitz, and making frequent SI00,000 donations to the Palm Beach Police Department would insulate him from prosecution for his various depravities. Say you're not as famous or celebrated as Roman Polanski and you want to sexually assault...Read inure Which included, for the record: bu in a 4- ear-old Yugloslavian named from her parents in order to keep as his "sex slave"; paying a retinue of women to trawl Palm Beach for teenagers economically desperate enough to agree to give Epstein "massages" that often led to sexual contact; receiving two 12-year-old French girls as a "birthday present"; and befriending Michael Wolff. But as wrote at The Daily Beast: Perhaps most disturbing, in terms of possible sex trafficking. was Epstein's relationship with Jean Luc Brunel, owner of the MC2 modeling agency. According to a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, an alleged victim said that Epstein and girlfriend Ghislaine] Maxwell, Brunel, [house manager Alfredo] Rodriguez. and 'deliberately engaged in a pattern of racketeering that involved luring minor children through MC2, mostly girls under the age of 17, to engage in sexual play for money.' The FBI investigated Epstein. and identified around 40 underaged victims. Samoff reports that the FBI is also investigating MC2 and Brunel for possibly engaging in child sex trafficking. Since pleading guilty to reduced charges of soliciting sex with a minor and serving 13 months of 29 EFTA00599887

part-time jail. Epstein has become the focus of numerous civil lawsuits from his victims. He has so far settled a dozen. These same civil complaints allege that young girls from South America, Europe. and the former Soviet republics, few of whom spoke English. were recruited for Esptein's sexual pleasure. According to a former bookkeeper, a number of the girls worked for MC2, the modeling agency owned by Jean Luc Brunel, a longtime acquaintance and frequent guest of Epstein's. Brunel, along with numerous young models, was a frequent passenger on Epstein's private jet, according to flight manifests. The agency owner also allegedly received SI million from Epstein in 2005, when he founded MC2 with his partner. Jeffrey Fuller; although Fuller and Brunel denied any such payment from the billionaire pervert in 2007, when rumors started swirling, Samoff got confirmation from a former bookkeeper at the agency. Whether the money was a secret investment in MC2, or a payment for Brunel's services as a procurer. is unknown. Brunel also %isited Epstein in jail. So who is Jean Luc Brunel? Although he did not respond to our interview request, we spoke to a number of people who have worked with his agency. While MC2 isn't considered a major industry player, it isn't exactly bottom-shelf, either: MC2 in New York most recently launched the career of Latvian editorial star Ginta Lapina (Brunel "discovered" Lamina via an MC2 scoutint! competition for young teens) and currently represents Vogue China covergirl Liu Dan. Worldwide, MC2 represents such stars as Sessilec Lopez in Miami. and top models Candace Swanepoel, Marina Lynchuk, Natalia Chabanenko. and Elisa Sednaoui in Tel Aviv. Brunel isn't involved with the business on a day-to-day basis, although he owns an 85% stake in MC2. Instead. "Right now he does scouting for [the] agency and takes care of the international relations with other agencies." reports one source. Scouts scour the world for un-agented teenaged girls who could make it as models; they work largely unsupervised and are generally paid a headhunting fee for every girl an agency signs. Even when affiliated with an agency, as Brunel obviously is with MC2, scouts operate mostly independently and with little oversight — even relative to the almost totally unregulated modeling industry itself. "He travels a lot." says another person who has worked with Brunel. (The company blog refers to Brunel as a "scoutin tsunami." and MC2 is fairly well-known for the strength of its international scouting.) Models we spoke to report mostly positive experiences with Brunel one praised his sense of humor and said he is "lovely to all of his models," and another described him as highly intelligent and cultured, adding, "he knows a lot about the opera and he paints" — although it should be noted that none of the models whom we spoke to had been told of either his connections with Epstein. or his past. And what a past it is. These accounts from Michael Gross' 1995 book Model describe Brunel's activities in Paris from the late I 970s onwards, when he worked for, and eventually owned, the modeling agency Karins. now known as Karin Paris: "Jean-Luc is considered a danger." says Jerome Bonnouvrier. "Owning Karins was a dream for a playboy. His problem is that he knows exactly what girls in trouble are looking for. He's always 30 EFTA00599888

been on the edge of the system. John Casablancas gets with girls the healthy way. Girls would be with him if he was the butcher. They're with Jean-Luc because he's the boss. Jean-Luc likes drugs and silent rape. It excites him." "I really despise Jean-Luc as a human being for the way he's cheapened the business," says John Casablancas. "There is no justice. This is a guy who should be behind bars. There was a little group, Jean-Luc. Patrick Gilles, and Varsano...They were very well-known in Paris for roaming the clubs. They would invite girls and put drugs in their drinks. Everybody knew they were creeps." It should be noted that aside from being a professional rival. Casablancas, the founder of the agency Elite. was eventually drubbed out of the industry for his own modelizing. How pervy do you have to be for John Casablancas to call you a perv? Pervy enough to drug and rape numerous teenagers. according to 60 Minutes and Diane Sawyer, who investigated Brunel in 1988. The program interviewed nearly two dozen models who said they had been sexually assaulted by Brunel and/or by his fellow agent, Claude Haddad. Even at that time. Brunel had a reputation as a man one could go to to procure a "date" with a young model. CBS spoke to five models who said that Brunel and/or his friends had drugged and raped them. Said producer Craig Pyes, "Hundreds of girls were not only harassed, but molested." When Gross interviewed Brunel. this is what he had to say for himself: "You get laid tonight with a model, is that a crime? I don't understand why people go into your personal life, what you do yourself. and to yourself. and they don't look at things that are really important." Since then. Brunel has been involved with a succession of agencies in New York and Paris. Although the 60 Minutes scandal eventually led Eileen Ford to stop working with him, he continued his involvement with Karins. In 1988. when powerhouse agency Next opened its doors, Brunel took an ownership stake. He also "discovered" Christy Turlington when she was 14. MC2 is only his latest venture. Because no criminal charges were ever filed by any of his accusers. and because the industry has a short memory — most models working today weren't even born when Sawyer and Pyes started looking into Brunel's activities — Brunel has been free to continue as he pleases. A French citizen, he even avoided testifying in his friend Epstein's trial. And so Brunel is still criss-crossing the globe. trawling for 5'10" I3-year-olds from Eastern Europe and (the whiter Darts ol) South America. And apparently taking the occasional ride with them on Epstein's private jet. Is there any better argument for the regulation of the modeling industry? hap://nypost.com/2011/11/ 8/je ffrey-cpste ins-level-3-sex-offender-stat us-upheld-by-ny-appeal- court/ 31 EFTA00599889

Jeffrey Epstein's Level 3 sex offender status upheld by NY appeals court By Dareh Gregorian November 18, 2011 5:00am Multimillionaire pery Jeffrey Epstein may not consider his Florida conviction for soliciting a minor a big deal, but New York does. A state appeals court yesterday upheld the financier's status as a Level 3 sex offender — meaning he's considered "a threat to public safety" and a "high risk" to offend again. Epstein, 58, did 13 months in a Florida jail for soliciting a minor to perform a sex act on him during a "massage." Although he was never indicted or convicted for hiring any other underage girls. the state Appellate Division found there was "clear and convincing evidence" he had indeed done so. making the Level 3 designation appropriate. 32 EFTA00599890

http://pagesix.com/2007/10/06/model-shop-denies-epstein-tie/ MODEL SHOP DENIES EPSTEIN TIE By PageSix.com Staff - October 6.2007 I 9:00am TIIE owners of MC2 models are denying industry speculation that massage maven Jeffrey Epstein is a secret financial backer of the agency being run by scandal-scarred Jean-Luc Brunel, who was once accused of taking advantage of underage models. Epstein, who this week agreed to plead guilty to soliciting underage prostitutes at his Florida mansion in a deal that will send him to prison for about 18 months. reportedly gave "millions" to start MC2, which opened in October 2005 with offices in New York. Miami and Tel Aviv. One of the girls Epstein, 54, was accused of soliciting massages from was described in court documents as being just 14. "E equals MC squared ... get it, like the equation? E equals Epstein. He just thinks everyone is too dumb to figure it out," said a model industry insider. "He's a desperate old man that fantasizes and takes advantage of young girls." The trouble doesn't stop there. Karins Models founder Brunel, currently a partner in MC2, denied allegations in a 1997 "60 Minutes" segment that he took advantage of young models who were high on drugs. Brunel also reportedly left his Trump Tower digs in 1999 after complaints of night carousing, which he also denied. Disgraced former Elite models exec Gerald Marie is also involved with MC2. says our source. Marie was accused of having sex with underage models in a 1999 BBC documentary where he was filmed saying he hoped to seduce contestants in a modeling contest in which the average age of participants was IS. He also dated Linda Evangelista when she was a teen. "He's also involved in the agency." said the source. "Gerald and Jean-Luc like the same things. They hang out because they have young girls in common. like two guys who enjoy the same wine." MC2 president Jeffrey Fuller confirmed Brunel was a partner in the company. but denied any working relationship with either Epstein or Marie. "We have no relationship business-wise with Gerald Marie. Jeffrey Epstein has no ownership or involvement in our company and never has. Jean-Luc Brunel and I are the only two partners and owners of MC2 Model Management." Fuller said. Epstein's rep said he was not involved in the agency. "He has no business relationship with them," said Howard Rubenstein. 33 EFTA00599891

http://www.palmbeachdailynews.cominews/news/lawsuit-documents-link-jeffrey-epstein- to-modeling/nMGO4/ Lawsuit documents link Jeffrey Epstein to modeling agency owner Jean Luc Brunel By Michele Daman Daily News Staff Writer New court filings in a civil case filed by billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein link Epstein and Jean Luc Brunel. owner of modeling agency MC2. The documents say MC2 employees told attorney Brad Edwards that Epstein's condos at 301 E. 66th St. in New York City were used to house young models. Edwards, who has sued Epstein on behalf of several women claiming to be victims of sex abuse by Epstein, was told MC2 brought underage girls in from all over the world, promising them modeling contracts. "Epstein and Brunel would then obtain a visa for these girls, then would charge the underage girls rent." the documents say. Through the investigation of his lawsuits against Epstein, Edwards leaned Brunel "runs the modeling agency MC2, a company for which Epstein provides financial support." the documents say. They also allege Epstein tried to thwart Edwards from taking depositions of Brunel, Epstein's companion Guislaine Maxwell. and other high-profile names such as President Bill Clinton. Details are listed in more than 62 pages filed by attorney Jack Scarola on behalf of Edwards in the lawsuit Epstein filed against Edwards. Edwards represents four of Epstein's minor victims. three of whom have settled their cases with Epstein under a confidential agreement. Epstein attorneys Christopher Knight and Joseph Ackerman declined to comment Friday on the court filings. Edwards deposed Brunel. but his attorney delayed it and then said he was back in France with no plans to return. But according to the court papers, Brunel was staying with Epstein in Palm Beach during that period. 34 EFTA00599892

The court filings describe Brunel as one of Epstein's closest pals. Regarding Maxwell. the documents refer to sworn testimony by Epstein's former house manager, Alfredo Rodriguez, explaining how Maxwell took photos of girls without the girls' knowledge, "kept the images on her computer, knew the names of the underage girls and their respective phone numbers and other underage victims." According to the documents: Maxwell allegedly lied about her mother being ill and having to fly back to England one day before a scheduled deposition in Edwards' case against Epstein. Despite that assertion, Maxwell was captured in a photo for OK magazine. attending the wedding of Chelsea Clinton two days later. Epstein has settled more than two dozen lawsuits and claims against him by young women who say they were lured to his El Brillo Way mansion as teens to give him sexually charged massages and/or sex in exchange for money. The terms of all settlements are confidential. Rodriguez took a journal from Epstein's computer that listed the names of his underage victims from around the country and the world. Calling it the "Holy Grail," Rodriguez tried to sell the journal for $50,000 to victims' attorneys. He pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and is serving 18 months in federal prison. Epstein. 57, served 13 months of an I8-month state sentence. Ile ended his one-year probation in July on state charges of soliciting prostitution and soliciting a minor for prostitution. According to flight logs from Epstein's private planes. Clio Af leveral times on Epstein's planes, many times with Maxwell, Palm Beach resident and Adriana Mucinska — "all employees and/or co-conspirators of Epstein's,'" according to the court papers. The documents show that Clinton flew with Epstein. "then suddenly stopped — raising the suspicion that the friendship abruptly ended ... "Epstein's personal phone directory from his computer contains - dresses for Clinton along with 21 phone numbers for him ... and what appears to be personal numbers," the court papers say. Allegations in the documents say Epstein threatened victims — including Edwards' client Jane Doe — despite no-contact orders in effect. Epstein had Doe tailed by a private investigator as her trial date neared, the court filings say. One time, Doc was so frightened that she fled her home in the company of a retired police officer and was taken to a hiding place. according to the court papers. http://slaverroday.org/that-gorgeous-underage-ad-model-may-be-trafficked-and-ow-ned- regulation-for-agencies-to-stop-child-sex-trafficking/ 35 EFTA00599893

That Gorgeous Underage Model May Be A Slave: Regulation For Agencies To Stop Child Sex Trafficking First came the knowledge that slaves still existed and were present in larger numbers than ever before. Then the realization that a human being could be purchased within a few hours of my home for under S100. Now only a few miles away In the following years I've been learning the myriad forms, places and types of slavery. The list keeps lengthening and with each new form ito me), I learn about , it knocks me down, one more time. Slavery Debt Bondage Sexual Slavery Child Brides Forced Labor Child Soldiers Adoption Trafficking Organ Trafficking Trafficked Athletes And now a new one / should have seen coming. Those very young, foreign models you see? Some of them were trafficked by model scouts who literally trawled through some of the most destitute and vulnerable people on earth for them. The same methods as other predatory traffickers: Go to politically or economically unstable areas: locate 5'11"beautiful young girls; buy them, import them, own them, use them. Horrible irony to have images that portray us to the world possibly be of slaves. It's hard to think of an area of our society that doesn't admire seeing it's most vaunted members with a model on their arm. While this observation does not imply that those people were trafficked, imagine how simple that makes it to approach a child or it's family anywhere in the world and offer them this in return for absolute control. All ite traffickers have to do is pull out a magazine or phone with videos on it. I'm not shocked at traffickers using this method of promises to lure unsuspecting girls into slavery, I've seen it, read about it, studied it. I'm in shock that it flourishes in the most visible, 36 EFTA00599894

glaring spotlight of our culture, the part that worhips and presents our current idea of beauty in almost everything we touch. These victims are on the most prominent slave block ever, emulated by our children, coveted by our culture-makers and our society, and standing in the brightest global spotlight in the world. In plain sight. reported on in numerous stories for decades and yet only escalating in usage until they've become the golden mean. We can quietly ignore the ones resold daily in our town, who made our clothes, chocolate, housewares, provided the gold on our fingers and necks, electronics in our hands, labor in our fields. Here, finally, are slaves we fantasize about being, emulating, allow our society to be shaped by, consider trophies. What will this say about us if we don't drastically change it? All of it. Katie Ford walked away from an empire the first time she learned about slavery. she. working to change with this thing she recognized to be permeating the industry. That is courage. Regulating Modeling Agencies to Help Prevent Child Sex Trafficking Conchita Sarnoff Posted: 02/10/2012 8:49 pm In 2010, Jezebel. an online site. published "The ex Trafficking Model Scout" warning about the dangers of deregulated modeling agencies in the M. underage teenage m rk Given the growing number of modeling agencies that transport foreign countries into the United States and the growing sex trade of underage girls in the . why does this industry remain deregulated? Since the advent of this business, modeling agencies have had free reign to scout teenagers from every state in the country as well as every nation in the world. Many of these teenage girls come from economically disadvantaged families and are offered none to very limited protection while traveling and working as "models." Jezebel reported that Jean Luc Brunel. one of the cast of characters involved in the ongoing Jeffrey Epstein (a level 3 registered sex offender), eight-year-long case, has been working for over two decades with a succession of agencie w York and Paris. According to media reports, Diane Sawyer produced a segment for 60 Minutes featuring a sex scandal that eventually led Eileen Ford (founder of renowned Ford modeling agency) to stop working with Brunel. Brunel's latest venture is the modeling agency MC2 based in South Beach, Fla. with satellite offices in New York and Tel Aviv. Since his agency is deregulated and "no criminal charges have been filed by any of his accusers" — although many have tried to serve him including lawyers representing Epstein's victims, Brunel continues to hide behind his French citizenship to 37 EFTA00599895

prevent depositions. "Trawling for 5' I I" underage teenagers to work for his agency, MC2, or anyone else who requests. Brunel is free to scout for very young girls without limitations." Given his citizenship he also successfully avoided deposition in Epstein's sex related cases. Like so many other reporters who have tried to report his side of the story when Jezebel contacted Brunel. "he did not respond to our interview request." According to Jezebel: we spoke to a number of people who worked with his agency and while MC2 isn't considered a major industry player, it isn't exactly bottom-shelf, either... Brunel isn't involved with the business on a day-to-day basis, although he owns an 85 percent stake in MC2. Instead, he does scouting for the agency and takes care of the international relations with other agencies, reports one source. Scouts scour the world for unrepresented teenage girls who could make it as models. They work largely unsupervised and are generally paid a headhunting fee for every girl an agency signs. Even when affiliated with an agency, as Brunel obviously is with MC2, scouts operate mostly independently and with little oversight. The company blog refers to Brunel as a `scouting tsunami' and MC2 is fairly well known for the strength of its international scouting. Model, Michael 1995 book, describes Brunel's activities in Paris from the late 1970s onwards, when he worked for, and eventually owned, the modeling agency Karin. "Jean-Luc is considered a danger." says Jerome Bonnouvrier. "Owning Karin was a dream for a playboy. His problem is that he knows exactly what girls in trouble are looking for. He's always been on the edge of the system." John Casablancas, founder of Elite modeling agency said: I really despise Jean-Luc as a human being for the way he's cheapened the business. There is no justice. This is a guy who should be behind bars. There was a little group, Jean-Luc, Patrick Gilles, and Varsano. They were very well known in Paris for roaming the clubs. They would invite girls and put drugs in their drinks. Everybody knew they were creeps." Casablancas was a professional rival who was pushed out of his agency for questionable concerns. Katie Ford human trafficking abolitionist and Eileen Ford's daughter. talked to the Wall Street Journalmagazine. In that stun "A Model Trade Union," Ford describes herself as a "roving ambassador" to help stop human trafficking. Ford sold her stake in the family business in 2007 to the private equity firm Stone Tower Equity. "In her new life as a nearly full-time, unpaid, roving ambassador for the cause her job is an outgrowth of her former work, rather than a repudiation of it, or an atonement. Her interest in human trafficking began when a representative of the United Nations called to ask if she would participate in a women's leadership group that was studying the issue of trafficking. "I said, 'I can't come talk about it, because I don't know anything about it!'" Ford recalls. "But I went, and after two hours. I knew why I was there. The way people traffic across borders is parallel to the way we recruit models. According to Ford "the target age is 14 to 24. and so it's similar to modeling." I knew how to reach that market" she said. "It was the feeling of: There but for the grace of God... The girls who came to us could have been those girls." 38 EFTA00599896

http://slastrytoday.org/that-gorgeous-underage-ad-modcl-may-be-trafficked-and-owned- regulation-for-agencies-to-stop-child-sex-traffickine That Gorgeous Underage Model May Be A Slave: Regulation For Agencies To Stop Child Sex Trafficking First came the knowledge that slaves still existed and were present in larger numbers than ever before. Then the realization that a human being could be purchased within a few hours of my home for under S100. Now only a few miles away. In the following years I've been learning the myriad forms, places and types of slavery. The list keeps lengthening and with each new form (to me), ! learn about . it knocks me down, one more time. Slaver, Debt Bondage Sexual Slavery Child Brides Forced Labor Child Soldiers Adoption Trafficking Organ Trafficking Trafficked Athletes And now a new one I should have seen coming. Those very young, foreign models you see? Some of them were trafficked by model scouts who literally trawled through some of the most destitute and vulnerable people on earth for them. The same methods as other predatory traffickers: Go to politically or economically unstable areas: locate 5'1 I" beautiful young girls: buy them, import them, own them, use them. Horrible irony to have images that portray us to the world possibly be of slaves. It's hard to think of an area of our society that doesn't admire seeing it's most vaunted members with a model on their arm. While this observation does not imply that those people were trafficked, imagine how simple that makes it to approach a child or it :s family anywhere in the world and offer them this in return for absolute control. All ite traffickers have to do is pull out a magazine or phone with videos on it. 39 EFTA00599897

I'm not shocked at traffickers using this method of promises to lure unsuspecting girls into slavery, I've seen it, read about it, studied it. I'm in shock that itflourishes in the most visible, glaring spotlight of our culture, the part that worhips and presents our current idea of beauty in almost everything we touch. These victims are on the most prominent slave block ever, emulated by our children, coveted by our culture-makers and our society. and standing in the brightest global spotlight in the world. In plain sight, reported on in numerous stories for decades and yet only escalating in usage until they've become the golden mean. We can quietly ignore the ones resold daily in our town, who made our clothes, chocolate, housewares, provided the gold on our fingers and necks, electronics in our hands, labor in our fields. Here, finally, are slaves we fantasize about being, emulating, allow our society to be shaped by, consider trophies. What will this say about us if we don't drastically change it? All of it. Katie Ford walked away from an empire the first time she learned about slavery. sheiworking to change with this thing she recognized to be permeating the industry. That is courage. Regulating Modeling Agencies to Help Prevent Child Sex Trafficking Conch ita Samoa' Posted: 02/10/2012 8:49 pm In 2010, Jezebel, an online site, published "The S x Trafficking Model Scout" warning about the dangers of deregulated modeling agencies in the M. siii Given the growing number of modeling agencies that transport underage teenager m foreign countries into the United States and the growing sex trade of underage girls in the . why does this industry remain deregulated? Since the advent of this business. modeling agencies have had free reign to scout teenagers from every state in the country as well as every nation in the world. Many of these teenage girls come from economically disadvantaged families and are offered none to very limited protection while traveling and working as "models." Jezebel reported that Jean Luc Brunel, one of the cast of characters involved in the ongoing Jeffrey Epstein (a level 3 registered sex offender), eight-year-long case, has been working for iii over two decades with a succession of agencie ' w York and Paris. According to media reports, Diane Sawyer produced a segment for 60 Minutes featuring a sex scandal that eventually led Eileen Ford (founder of renowned Ford modeling agency) to stop working with Brunel. Brunel's latest venture is the modeling agency MC2 based in South Beach, Fla. with satellite offices in New York and Tel Aviv. Since his agency is deregulated and "no criminal charges 40 EFTA00599898

have been filed by any of his accusers" — although many have tried to serve him including lawyers representing Epstein's victims. Brunel continues to hide behind his French citizenship to prevent depositions. "Trawling for 5' I I" underage teenagers to work for his agency, MC2, or anyone else who requests, Brunel is free to scout for very young girls without limitations." Given his citizenship he also successfully avoided deposition in Epstein's sex related cases. Like so many other reporters who have tried to report his side of the story when Jezebel contacted Brunel, "he did not respond to our interview request." According to Jezebel: we spoke to a number of people who worked with his agency and while MC2 isn't considered a major industry player, it isn't exactly bottom-shelf, either... Brunel isn't involved with the business on a day-to-day basis, although he owns an 85 percent stake in MC2. Instead, he does scouting for the agency and takes care of the international relations with other agencies. reports one source. Scouts scour the world for unrepresented teenage girls who could make it as models. They work largely unsupervised and are generally paid a headhunting fcc for every girl an agency signs. Even when affiliated with an agency, as Brunel obviously is with MC2, scouts operate mostly independently and with little oversight. The company blog refers to Brunel as a 'scouting tsunami' and MC2 is fairly well known for the strength of its international scouting. Model. Michael 1995 book, describes Brunel's activities in Paris from the late 1970s onwards, when he worked for, and eventually owned, the modeling agency Karin. "Jean-Luc is considered a danger," says Jerome Bonnouvricr. "Owning Karin was a dream for a playboy. His problem is that he knows exactly what girls in trouble are looking for. He's always been on the edge of the system." John Casablancas, founder of Elite modeling agency said: I really despise Jean-Luc as a human being for the way he's cheapened the business. There is no justice. This is a guy who should be behind bars. There was a little group, Jean-Luc, Patrick Gilles, and Varsano. They were very well known in Paris for roaming the clubs. They would invite girls and put drugs in their drinks. Everybody knew they were creeps." Casablancas was a professional rival who was pushed out of his agency for questionable concerns. Katie Ford human trafficking abolitionist and Eileen Ford's daughter, talked to the Wall Street Journalmagazine. In that story "A Model Trade Union," Ford describes herself as a "roving ambassador" to help stop human trafficking. Ford sold her stake in the family business in 2007 to the private equity firm Stone Tower Equity. "In her new life as a nearly full-time, unpaid, roving ambassador for the cause her job is an outgrowth of her former work, rather than a repudiation of it. or an atonement. Her interest in human trafficking began when a representative of the United Nations called to ask if she would participate in a women's leadership group that was studying the issue of trafficking. "I said, 'I can't come talk about it, because I don't know anything about it!'" Ford recalls. "But I went, and after two hours, I knew why I was there. The way people traffic across borders is parallel to the way we recruit models. According to Ford "the target age is 14 to 24, and so it's 41 EFTA00599899

similar to modeling." I knew how to reach that market" she said. "It was the feeling of: There but for the grace of God... The girls who came to us could have been those girls." 42 EFTA00599900

http://files.walistreetfolly.com/wordpress/2007/10/jeffrey- epstein-doesnt-want-to-be-branded-as-a-sex-offender-for- life-and-no-hes-not-a-modeling-agency-secret-sugar-daddy- or-so-its-owners-say/ Jeffrey Epstein doesn't want to be branded as a "sex offender" for life, and no, he's not a modeling agency secret sugar daddy (or so its owners say) Posted by WSF On October - 9 - 2007 Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire money manager agreed to plead guilty to soliciting underaged hookers and go away for 18 months, doesn't want to be branded a "sex offender" for life. Page Six says his lawyers are thinking about asking prosecutors to drop that requirement from his plea agreement In a letter drafted, but not sent, to M. Attorney Alexander Costa and obtained by Page Six, Epstein's lawyer, Gerald Lefcourt, writes, "Doing so will have a profound impact [on Epstein] both immediately and forever after. Not only will he be restricted to a wholly inappropriate penal facility, but he will be required for the rest of his life to account for his whereabouts." Meanwhile over the weekend Page Six said that owners of MC2 modeling, run by Jean-Luc Brunel — l= also been accused of favoring underaged models in the past — claim that Epstein is not the secret deep pockets behind the firm, no matter what others say or speculate. 43 EFTA00599901

Epstein, .....reportedly gave "millions" to start MC2, which opened in October 2005 with offices in New York. Miami and Tel Aviv. One of the girls Epstein, 54, was accused of soliciting massages from was described in court documents as being just 14. "E equals MC squared . . . get it, like the equation? E equals Epstein. He just thinks everyone is too dumb to figure it out," said a model industry insider. "He's a desperate old man that fantasizes and takes advantage of young girls." "Jeffrey Epstein has no ownership or involvement in our company and never has. Jean-Luc Brunel and I are the only two partners and owners of MC2 Model Management," [Jeffrey] Fuller said. [MC2 President] 44 EFTA00599902

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/20I 4/04/21/eleventh-ci rcu it-rules- that-discovery-can-move-forward-on-my-crime-victims-rights-act-case/ The Volokh Conspiracy Eleventh Circuit rules that discovery can move forward on my Crime Victims' Rights Act case By Paul Cassell April 21 On Friday,the I 1th Circuit ruled that discovery can move forward in an important Crime Victims' Rights Act case that my co-counsel, Brad Edwards. and I are pursuing. The narrow issue before the court was whether prosecutors and defense attorneys could assert some sort of "privilege' to prevent crime victims from reviewing the correspondence that lead to a plea bargain. More broadly, the ruling means that the victims will have a chance to return to the district court and seek to invalidate a plea agreement that (we alleged) was consummated in violation of their rights. I hope that the case will ultimately set an important precedent that federal prosecutors can't keep victims in the dark about the plea deals that they reach. I lere arc the important facts, taken from the 1 1 th opinion: The case arose in 2006, the FBI began investigating allegations that wealth Investor Jeffrey Epstein had sexually abused dozens and dozens of minor girls. The M. Office for the Southern District of Florida accepted Epstein's case for prosecution, and the FBI issued victim notification letters to my two clients. minors Jane Doc No. I and Jane Doe No. 2, in June and August 2007. Extensive plea negotiations ensued between the prosecutors and Epstein. On Sept. 24, 2007, the prosecutors entered into a non-prosecution agreement with Epstein in which they agreed not to file any federal charges against Epstein in exchange for his guilty plea to minor Florida offenses (e.g., solicitation of prostitution). Not only did the prosecutors neglect to confer with the victims before they entered into the agreement with Epstein, they also concealed its existence for at least nine months. For example, the prosecutors sent post-agreement letters to the victims reporting that the "case is currently under investigation" and explaining that "[t)his can be a lengthy process and we request your continued patience while we conduct a thorough investigation.- On June 27, 2008. the prosecutors informed my co-counsel, Brad Edwards, that Epstein planned to plead guilty to the Florida charges three days later. But the prosecutors failed to disclose that Epstein's pleas to those state charges arose from his federal non-prosecution agreement and that the pleas would bar a federal prosecution. As a result, the victims did not attend the state court proceedings. 45 EFTA00599903

On July 7, 2008. Edwards and I filed a petition alleging that Jane Doc No. I was a victim of federal sex crimes committed by Epstein and that the United States had wrongfully excluded her from plea negotiations. We also alleged that the federal prosecutors had violated her rights under the Crime Victims' Rights Act (CVRA) — specifically her rights to confer with the government, to be treated with fairness, to receive timely notice of relevant court proceedings, and to receive information about restitution. The United States responded by claiming that it used its "best efforts" to comply with the rights afforded to victims under the CVRA, but that the act did not apply to pre-indictment negotiations with potential federal defendants. After Jane Doe No. 2 joined the initial petition, the district court (Marra, J.) found that both w qualified as "crime victims" under the CVRA. The district court later rejected the argument that the act only applies after the filing of a federal criminal indictment. (I've written a law review article about the issue of how early crime victims' rights attach in the criminal process. which can be downloaded here.) Among other relief, we sought rescission of the non-prosecution agreement as a remedy for the violation of the victims' rights. make the case for such a remedy, we moved for discovery of the correspondence between the M. and Epstein's attorneys during the plea negotiations. Epstein's attorneys intervened, arguing that Federal Rule of Evidence 410 and Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure I I create a privilege for plea negotiations, barring release of the correspondence. They also argued that the court should find that the materials were protected under the work product doctrine or, alternatively, should be protected under a new "common- law privilege for plea negotiations." The district court first ruled that rescission of the plea inTeelllelli was a possible remed% under the act. The court then ruled that we were entitled to review the correspondence, rejecting all of Epstein's arguments. On Friday. the 11th Circuit affirmed the district ruline, that we could rthie‘A the plea correspondence. At pp. 18-22 of its published opinion. the court concluded that there was no basis for restricting access to such correspondence when crime victims have a legitimate need to review it. The court rejected. for example, the work product argument because plea discussions are not confidential: Disclosure of work-product materials to an adversary• waives the work-product privilege. See. e.g., In re Chrysler Motors Corp. Overnight Evaluation Program Litig.. 86012.2d 844, 846 (8th Cir. 1988); In re Doe, 662 F.2d 1073. 1081-82 (4th Cir. 1981). Even if it shared the common goal of reaching a quick settlement, the United States was undoubtedly adverse to Epstein during its investigation of him for federal offenses, and the intervenors' disclosure of their work product waived any claim of privilege. ... The court also declined to recognize a new privilege for plea bargaining, finding the relationship between prosecutors and defense attorneys did not need special protection: As a last-ditch effort, the intervenors contend that "[i]f more is needed in addition to the plain language of Rule 410 to preclude disclosure of the correspondence to plaintiffs, it can be found 46 EFTA00599904

in the conjunction of Rule 410, the work-product privilege, and the Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel in the plea bargaining process," but this novel argument fails too. As explained above. Rule 410 does not create a privilege and the intervenors waived any work-product privilege. The intervenors concede too that the right to counsel under the Sixth Amendment had not yet attached when the correspondence was exchanged. Lumley v. City of Dade City Fla., 327 F.3d 1186, 1195 (11th Cir. 2003) ("[T)he Sixth Amendment right to counsel ordinarily does not arise until there is a formal commitment by the government to prosecute," such as a "formal charge, preliminary hearing, indictment, information, or arraignment."). The "conjunctive" power of three false claims of privilege does not rescue the correspondence from disclosure. . . . The Supreme Court has identified several considerations relevant to whether a court should recognize an evidentiary privilege—the needs of the public, whether the privilege is rooted in the imperative for confidence and trust, the evidentiary bit of the denial of the privilege, and any consensus among the states, Jaffee v. Redmond, 518 I. 10-15 (1996)—but none of these considerations weighs in favor of recognizing a new privilege to prevent discovery of the plea negotiations. Although plea negotiations are vital to the functioning of the criminal justice system, a prosecutor and target of a criminal investigation do not enjoy a relationship of confidence and trust when they negotiate. Their adversarial relationship. unlike the confidential relationship of a doctor and patient or attorney and client, warrants no privilege beyond the terms of Rule 410. See Jaffee, 518 M. at 10. But the victims would enjoy an evidentiary benefit from the disclosure of plea negotiations to prove whether the United States violated their rights under the Act. Moving forward, this case raises the important issue of what kinds of remedies are available for violations of the Crime Victims' Rights Act. Our complaint alleges that, prodded by Epstein. the federal prosecutors deliberately concealed the sweetheart plea deal they had reached with him to avoid public criticism of the deal. I am hopeful that in future district court proceedings. we will be able to prove that clear violation of the CVRA and then obtain the remedy of invalidating the illegally-negotiated plea deal. Paul G. Cassell teaches criminal law, criminal procedure. and crime victims' rights at the.. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah. Before coming to Utah. he was President of the Stanford Law Review, a law clerk for then-Judge Antonin Scalia on the D.C. Circuit and for Chief Justice Warren Burger of the Supreme Court. an Ass iate Deputy Attorney General with the . Justice Department (1986-88), and an Assistant M. Attorney for the Eastern District of (1988 to 1991). Cassell joined the faculty at the University of Utah College of Law in 1992, where he taught full time until he was sworn in as a E. District Court Judge for the District of Utah in 2002.1n 2007. he resigned his judgeship to return full time to the College of Law, to teach, write, and litigate on issues relating to crime victims' rights and criminal justice reform. 47 EFTA00599905