From: Subject: Epstein Ducks Modeling Agency Suit Over Improper Service - Law360 Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 10:38:11 +0000 Importance: Normal Epstein Ducks Modeling Agency Suit Over Improper Service By Carolina Bolado Share us on: Law360 (April 24, 2019, 6:45 PM EDT) -- Billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein ducked a modeling agency's lawsuit Wednesday when a Florida appeals court ruled the business had failed to properly serve him with the complaint at his primary residence on a private island in the Caribbean. Florida's Third District Court of Appeal said service of the complaint by Miami-based MC2 Model & Talent LLC and its owner, Jean-Luc Brunel, on an office supervisor at Epstein's U.S. Virgin Islands business address did not comply with the requirements under Florida law and that the suit should be dismissed without prejudice, meaning it could be reified. The appeals court agreed with Epstein, who had argued that Brunel and MC2 never attempted to serve him at his primary residence, a private island called Little St. James in the U.S. Virgin Islands. "Brunel and MC2 attempt to excuse strict compliance by arguing that the legislature could not have contemplated a lifestyle like Epstein's," the Third District said. "But Brunel and MC2 never tried to serve Epstein at his place of abode." Epstein argued that service of process takes place routinely on private property and that his private https://www.law360.com/articles/1153140/epstein- ducks-modeling-agercy-suit-over-improper-service EFTA00010249