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Kid Berwyn

(23,841 posts)
2. "No man. No problem."
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 11:03 AM
21 hrs ago

Guy must've known inconvenient facts, their occupations and employers, plus their interests' ages. From WSJ:

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Long before his role in the Epstein case came to light, Brunel already had a sordid reputation in the fashion world. In 1988, CBS’s “60 Minutes” aired an investigation into modeling agencies featuring women who said they were drugged by Brunel and expected to have sex with his male friends in order to get modeling work.

One woman said on camera that Brunel had drugged and raped her. No criminal charges were ever filed, and Brunel, who denied the allegations, continued to operate freely, cycling through agencies.

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In 2005, Epstein wired up to $1 million to Brunel to help him launch MC2 Model Management, which opened offices in New York and Miami later that year. The agency’s name appeared to be an inside joke, with people believing that in the equation E=MC², the E stood for Epstein.

Behind the scenes, Epstein used the agency as a way to procure women and as a payroll vehicle, securing work visas for young women, the files show.

A pair of emails from July 2006 captures the arrangement. On July 13, Epstein wrote to Brunel at his MC2 address, instructing him to put a woman they were discussing “on your payroll,” specifying a $50,000 annual salary.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/the-accomplice-who-was-going-to-testify-against-jeffrey-epstein-then-went-dark/ar-AA1WCNSM?ocid=BingNewsSerp

And why would Brunel and Epstein kill themseves BEFORE being found guilty?

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