Jean-Luc Brunel

French modeling agent and founder of MC2 Model Management, a Miami-based agency co-funded by Epstein. Multiple victims identified Brunel as a direct procurer who used the modeling industry as a recruitment pipeline. Found dead in his Paris prison cell on February 19, 2022, while awaiting trial on rape and sex trafficking charges. EFTA documents trace the MC2 pipeline from scouting in South America to placement in Epstein properties.

Classification basis: Named by multiple victims as recruiter/trafficker. Giuffre testified to being trafficked to Brunel. Flight logs. MC2 modeling agency funded by Epstein as recruitment front. Arrested, charged with rape of minors, died in custody.