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Reporting shows Melania Knauss (now Melania Trump) worked as a model in Europe and later for agencies tied to Paolo Zampolli and, briefly, Trump’s own agency; multiple outlets note Paolo Zampolli (ID ...
The reporting assembled in the provided analyses identifies as the primary agency directly linked to Jeffrey Epstein’s network, with multiple accounts of Epstein providing financing and access that fa...
Prosecutors and civil filings allege Jean‑Luc Brunel was a model scout who recruited, transported and housed young women and girls for Jeffrey Epstein, sometimes on model visas and in apartments tied ...
MC2 Model Management appears to refer to more than one agency name used by different people in different markets: a Tel Aviv-based MC2 was founded by Ofer Raphaeli in 2000 and has a background in Isra...
Investigative projects such as OpDeathEaters and Unlimited Hangout present a mix of archival ties, business records, social-network assertions, and journalistic interpretation to argue that modeling a...
Available reporting and released documents tie Jeffrey Epstein most directly to one modeling firm: Jean‑Luc Brunel’s MC2 Model Management, which multiple outlets say Epstein funded and helped establis...
Prosecutors alleged Jean‑Luc Brunel recruited and transported young women — including minors — to supply them to Jeffrey Epstein and his circle, often using promises of modelling work; French investig...
Multiple court filings, victim affidavits and French investigative steps tied Jean‑Luc Brunel’s modeling outfits — notably Karin Models and MC2 — to Jeffrey Epstein’s network; accusers say Brunel recr...
Public reporting shows multiple types of documents and communications tying Jean‑Luc Brunel or his agencies to Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged trafficking network: unsealed court filings and victim affidavi...
Reporting on which agencies represented Melania Trump in Slovenia and across Europe in the 1990s is consistent but incomplete: multiple sources say she was discovered in Slovenia by photographer Stane...
Jean-Luc Brunel, a prominent French model scout and agency owner, is the central and well-documented link between Jeffrey Epstein and parts of the fashion industry; allegations claim Brunel supplied g...
Public reporting ties at least one prominent modeling‑agency executive — Jean‑Luc Brunel, founder/president of MC2 (and earlier Karin Models) — to Jeffrey Epstein: flight logs, a reported $1 million i...
Law enforcement connected Jean‑Luc Brunel’s modeling businesses to alleged trafficking by tying victim and witness statements, raids on agency offices and properties, and prosecutorial charges that de...
Melania Trump was clearly associated in Paris with Metropolitan Models through agent Paolo Zampolli, who scouted and later sponsored her move to New York in the mid‑1990s . Beyond that firm, reporting...
Jeffrey Epstein did not publicly operate a major mainstream modeling agency in his own name, but documentary reporting shows he financially backed and partnered with at least one industry figure who r...
Jeffrey Epstein provided funding and business support to Jean‑Luc Brunel’s modeling ventures — most notably MC2 Model Management — and has documented links that reach back to Brunel’s earlier Karin Mo...
Major, named modeling agencies are not uniformly documented as having known about Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged abuse of models; the clearest documented connection to the industry is through Jean‑Luc Brun...
Reporting and commentary say Melania Knauss (later Melania Trump) worked as a model in Europe in the 1990s with agencies including Karin Models and was later connected to Paolo Zampolli’s agencies (ID...
Reporting and released documents link at least one modelling‑agency executive, Jean‑Luc Brunel of MC2 (and previously Karin Models), to regular communications and financial ties with Jeffrey Epstein; ...
Jeffrey Epstein financially backed and was closely associated with at least one major modelling agent, Jean‑Luc Brunel, who ran MC2 Model Management after receiving “up to a million dollars” from Epst...