— JAMES PATTERSON Jean-Luc Brunel: 2005 industry — Model: The Uj Gross.) | But Brunel’s reputat or Jeffrey Epstein, Leslie Wexner is more than a mentor. 4 getting involved in his t F More than the last ina line of older men—father figures— j According to a sur whom Epstein cultivated while making his way in the E Edwards, a victims’ law world. > Epstein alleging fabrica Wexner is also a steady, if indirect, source of beautiful ; 2 Epstein had provided st women. ‘ its name, in 2005, from After all, Wexner is the man in charge of Victoria's Secret, a q As a scout for MG? part of the Limited family of companies and—better yet—in ¥ E undiscovered talent, fav charge of the Victoria’s Secret catalog. What this means for | E: the former Soviet reput Epstein is models galore. In fact, like a fox that's gotten hold of a ~ cling competitions and the lease to a henhouse, Epstein, according to evidence collected i a eling agents and agenci in a later lawsuit brought by Epstein victims, eventually pro- x But according to th vided financial support for a modeling agency, and provided E ~ the information he hac support for models employed by that agency, in New York City. 4 and Brunel had used th This story begins with a Frenchman—a playboy modeling _ eign countries into the agent named Jean-Luc Brunel—who was an owner of the Karin 7 ing contracts. These g modeling agency. { ' belonging to Epstein. Brunel had been working as a modeling agent since the sev- | _ visa for these girls,” enties. He claimed to have launched the careers of Monica Bel- 4 "underage girls rent, pre lucci, Estelle, Jerry Hall, Rachel Hunter, Milla Jovovich, Rebecca | a condos.” Romijn, Kristina Semenovskaya, Sharon Stone, and Estella Wat- q 4 “I strongly deny | ren, as well as Christy Turlington and other well-known cover — indirectly, in the actior girls. Brunel had also been a subject of a 60 Minutes investiga- — ‘Brunel would say. “I st tion, broadcast in 1988, into sexual exploitation in the modeling j “