prevent depositions. “Trawling for 5°11" 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 MC72 is fairly well known for the strength of its international scouting. Model, Michael Gross’s 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 Jér6me 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 f