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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...
MC2 Model Management, founded and run by Jean‑Luc Brunel, is alleged to have recruited young women — including from poor communities and overseas — by offering , then channeling many of them into Jeff...
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...
MC2 Model Management in the 2000s is most prominently associated with French agent Jean‑Luc Brunel, who co‑founded or rebranded the agency’s U.S. operations (New York/Miami) in the mid‑2000s and is wi...
Ghislaine Maxwell functioned as a central facilitator in Jeffrey Epstein’s network: she recruited, groomed, and transported underage girls for Epstein and was convicted and sentenced to 20 years for c...
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 and court filings most consistently link one modeling agency, MC2 Model Management (and its founder Jean‑Luc Brunel), to Jeffrey Epstein and his circle; multiple outlets say Epstein provided...
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...
Recruiters working for Jeffrey Epstein and his associates commonly used offers of modeling jobs, "massage" work and small-sum payments to entice girls — many under 18 — to his homes, where victims say...
MC2 Model Management operated as a dual‑city modeling agency with documented offices and full‑service representation in , handling scouting, development, and placements for fashion and commercial clie...
Jeffrey Epstein leveraged massive wealth and social capital to insert himself into the modeling world as investor, connector and gatekeeper, funding agencies, cultivating friendships with scouts and a...
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...
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...
Jeffrey Epstein’s most clearly documented associate who worked in the modelling industry is French agent Jean‑Luc Brunel, who co‑founded Karin Models, launched MC2 Model Management with Epstein fundin...
Jeffrey Epstein maintained , most prominently French agent Jean-Luc Brunel of MC2 and individuals connected to Next Model Management, with reporting tracing those relationships back at least to the ea...
Jeffrey Epstein exploited ties to the modeling industry by using intermediaries and the veneer of legitimate talent scouting to recruit women and girls for sexual abuse and trafficking; his relationsh...