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MrWowWow

(1,461 posts)
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 02:37 AM Sep 2025

France Had A Major Epstein Investigation Going Until...

Last edited Thu Sep 18, 2025, 03:39 AM - Edit history (6)

Brunel was murdered in his jail cell. JUST AS EPSTEIN WAS!!!.

Jeffrey Epstein was found hanged in his New York jail cell on 10 August 2019.

Jean-Luc Brunel was found hanged in his cell at La Santé prison in Paris on 19 February 2022.

So, EVEN if tr💩mp quashes this one, France has enough to cover whatever is revised or redacted here. It will be "interesting" if even one of the 1000+ Survivors testifies under oath that she was sex trafficked from Marred a Lardo to Epstein Rape Island and then to France and back.

French Investigation:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/24/french-police-search-jeffrey-epstein-paris-apartment

https://www.timesofisrael.com/investigators-search-epsteins-paris-home-his-associates-model-agency

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2019/09/24/jeffrey-epsteins-paris-apartment-searched-by-french-police

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/23/paris-prosecutor-opens-child-inquiry-linked-to-epstein-case

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/french-authorities-looking-at-jeffrey-epstein-s-exploits-in-paris-1.3987446

Note: Maxwell was Epstein's major sex trafficking partner in the UK. She knows much more than the Public knows. So, there were Four members in this U.S.-Europe Sex Trafficking Crime Ring:

1. Epstein (murdered)
2. Maxwell
3. Brunel (murdered)
4. tr💩mp

Note: Epstein worked out of Maxwell's place in the UK. He had an apt in France. He had his two islands in the U.S.(2 of the U.S. Virgin Islands).


The contents of the cellphones each used during their crime spree (from around 2003 forward) need to be examined and compared. Am sure that is going to help tie this all together.
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There’s no credible record that Interpol (the international police organization based in Lyon, France) ever opened a case file or directly participated in the Epstein / Brunel investigations.

What is documented:

France ran its own investigation into Epstein and Brunel (2019–2022), through the Parquet de Paris and the Brigade de protection des mineurs. That probe included searches and Brunel’s arrest.

The U.S. led the main criminal and civil cases.

UK police reviewed (and declined to open) criminal investigations regarding Prince Andrew.


Interpol’s role is usually limited to issuing red notices (international wanted alerts) or facilitating cross-border police cooperation when a suspect flees. Since Epstein was already in U.S. custody at the time of his death, and Brunel was arrested within France, there was no need for an Interpol red notice.

Interpol did not have a known role in the Epstein or Brunel cases.

Arrest of Maxwell:

Maxwell was arrested by the FBI in the U.S. (so no need for Interpol): https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/ghislaine-maxwell-charged-manhattan-federal-court-conspiring-jeffrey-epstein-sexually
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This was a multi-continent sex trafficking if minors crime syndicate. All these dog and pony shows in the halls of Congress about this really are just wars of words. The proper authorities in French and the U.S. need to compare notes and bring the two remaining members (tr💩mp and maxwell) of this crime syndicate to justice.

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France Had A Major Epstein Investigation Going Until... (Original Post) MrWowWow Sep 2025 OP
Now this NJCher Sep 2025 #1
Bingo! Another Member of Epstein's Gang "Hanged" Himself in Prison!!! MrWowWow Sep 2025 #2
Wonder if they found any videos and other incriminating evidence of our least favorite orange skinned... yourout Sep 2025 #3
oui oui BoRaGard Sep 2025 #4
A fascinating OP malaise Sep 2025 #5
Two left ... something tells me that will change to the last man standing. live love laugh Sep 2025 #6
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MrWowWow

(1,461 posts)
2. Bingo! Another Member of Epstein's Gang "Hanged" Himself in Prison!!!
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 02:48 AM
Sep 2025

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There's the pattern I was looking for!

French modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel allegedly hanged himself in prison. Just as Epstein did! How convenient. Now we know how Maxwell will die if she doesn't continue to lie about tr💩mp's involvement in this criminal enterprise..

What France found

1. Preliminary inquiry opened for child rape & sexual abuse

In August 2019, the Paris prosecutor’s office opened a preliminary investigation into rape of minors and sexual assault linked to Epstein. It was to cover crimes committed in France, as well as abroad, and involving French victims or French citizens.



2. French modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel charged

In December 2020, French prosecutors charged Jean-Luc Brunel (a close associate of Epstein) with rape of minors over the age of 15 and sexual harassment related to the Epstein network.

The charges included supplying underage girls, alleged sexual assault / harassment, trafficking / exploitation of minors.



3. Searches / evidence collection in France

Epstein’s Paris apartment (22 Avenue Foch, 16th arrondissement) was searched in late 2019. Similarly, offices/agencies related to modelling (Brunel’s) were searched.

French police issued a call for witnesses and victims to come forward in November 2019.



4. Jean-Luc Brunel detained, then died before trial

Murder Sequence:
Jeffrey Epstein died first — he was found hanged in his New York jail cell on 10 August 2019.

Jean-Luc Brunel was found hanged in his cell at La Santé prison in Paris on 19 February 2022.


Brunel was arrested (detained) at Charles de Gaulle Airport in December 2020 as part of the French probe.

He was then held in prison in France, but in February 2022 he was found dead in his cell at La Santé prison. Authorities said he died by hanging (ruled as suicide). Thus he never stood trial.



5. Victims & allegations

Multiple women came forward in France and abroad, alleging that Brunel procured models, some minors, for Epstein.

There are allegations that Epstein used Paris as one of the locations where he received massages, had an apartment, and may have conducted some of his activity there.

Note:
tr💩mp was Epstein's american sex trafficking partner. Brunel was his European sex trafficking partner. This is a major network. Both Epstein and Brunel were murdered in prison. The French police still have Brunel's personal effects, including his cellphone. It is all sealed evidence.

Brunel was arrested at Charles de Gaulle Airport in December 2020. His belongings, including his phone, would have been logged into police custody.

After his arrest, the phone was treated as evidence in the judicial inquiry run by the Paris prosecutor’s office.

Since Brunel died in prison in February 2022, any seized devices (like his cellphone) would remain in the case evidence chain, under the control of the French magistrates handling the Epstein-linked probe.

No French media or official release has disclosed the phone’s contents or indicated it was returned to family or destroyed.


So the most accurate answer is: Brunel’s cellphone, if seized, is still with the French judicial authorities as part of the sealed evidence file. Nothing public has been released about its analysis.

yourout

(8,711 posts)
3. Wonder if they found any videos and other incriminating evidence of our least favorite orange skinned...
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 02:57 AM
Sep 2025

A******.

malaise

(292,273 posts)
5. A fascinating OP
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 04:32 AM
Sep 2025

Here’s something strange about your timing - Brunel would have been 79 today.

Bestie Jeffrey is the biggest scandal on the planet. It is not going away.
The cover up is vast

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