JaMES PATTERSON ended up having a strong negative impact on his reputation and business. Several photographers refused to work with him. Other agencies, such as Modilinos Model Management, curtailed their 1 relationships with Brunel. And in 2015, Brunel filed his own | civil lawsuit against Jeffrey Epstein, denying that he had any role A in Epstein’s illegal activities, alleging that Epstein had obstructed q i justice by telling him to avoid having his deposition taken in the " 4 criminal case the Palm Beach PD had built against Epstein, and | 4 a claiming that false allegations of Brunel's links to Epstein’s activ- : 4 ities had harmed his reputation and cost him a great deal of ; 4 4 business. ‘f a In his filing, Brunel included several e-mails from industry a contacts who expressed their doubts about placing models with a 4 Nadia Marcinkova: circ his agency. “Parents don't want their daughters coming to us 4 a because [when] they google your name and the agency name the a only things they see is ‘Sex Trafficking’!!! one correspondent j i. { has offices in N had written. 4 : [ motion— flying to : ; 7 Virgin Islands. O} E | Paris. And when he comes q where important people—c . "university presidents, Nobe Z ' ex-presidents, and heads of s! 4 : Some guests marvel in pt . 4 q do they come from? 4 4 Nadia Marcinkova com : pmodel. But Nadia’s done very q _ become another of Epstein’s , | { 4 According to statements ; d also Served as a willing accc q on underage females. 128 q q HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021984