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 ] relationships with Brunel. And in 2015, Brunel filed his own : civil lawsuit against Jeffrey Epstein, denying that he had any role i in Epstein’s illegal activities, alleging that Epstein had obstructed a q justice by telling him to avoid having his deposition taken in the & 4 criminal case the Palm Beach PD had built against Epstein, and a q claiming that false allegations of Brunel's links to Epstein’s activ- | a ities had harmed his reputation and cost him a great deal of 4 4 business. : i In his filing, Brunel included several e-mails from industry 4 ‘ : contacts who expressed their doubts about placing models with © 4 ql Nadia Marcinkova: circ his agency. “Parents don't want their daughters coming to us 3 a because [when] they google your name and the agency name the q a only things they see is ‘Sex Trafficking’!!!” one correspondent : 7 ! | C2 has offices in N had written. q 7 motion —flying to i q Virgin Islands. O} ] i Paris. And when he comes 4 4 where important people—c q 4 university presidents, Nobe 4 _ ex-presidents, and heads of si q q Some guests marvel in pi . 4 1 do they come from? 3 4 Nadia Marcinkova com : " model. But Nadia’s done very L _ become another of Epstein’s , 7 j ; According to statements | 4 3 0 served as a willing accc q pa underage females. q 128 ’ HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022095