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This document is page 37 of a House Oversight collection, featuring an article by Conchita Sarnoff dated February 10, 2012. The text discusses the lack of regulation in the modeling industry conducive to sex trafficking, specifically highlighting Jean Luc Brunel's connections to Jeffrey Epstein and his establishment of the MC2 agency while avoiding legal service in the US. It also references past media coverage by Jezebel and CBS's Diane Sawyer regarding Brunel's conduct.
People (6)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Conchita Sarnoff | Author |
Author of the article 'Regulating Modeling Agencies to Help Prevent Child Sex Trafficking'
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| Katie Ford | Former Modeling Executive |
Walked away from an empire after learning about slavery; working to change the industry
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| Jean Luc Brunel | Modeling Agent / Associate of Epstein |
Described as one of the 'cast of characters' involved in the Jeffrey Epstein case; founded MC2; accused of involvemen...
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| Jeffrey Epstein | Sex Offender |
Described as a 'level 3 registered sex offender' with an 'eight-year-long case'
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| Diane Sawyer | Journalist |
Produced a segment for CBS's 60 Minutes featuring a sex scandal involving Brunel
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| Eileen Ford | Founder of Ford Modeling Agency |
Stopped working with Brunel after the scandal reported by Diane Sawyer
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Organizations (5)
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| Jezebel |
Online site that published 'The Sex Trafficking Model Scout' in 2010
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| CBS |
Network that aired 60 Minutes segment on the scandal
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| Ford Modeling Agency |
Renowned agency founded by Eileen Ford
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| MC2 |
Modeling agency based in South Beach, Fla., founded by Jean Luc Brunel
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| House Oversight Committee |
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Timeline (2 events)
Prior to 2012
Diane Sawyer produced a 60 Minutes segment on a sex scandal involving Brunel
CBS
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Location where modeling agencies are deregulated and underage girls are transported to
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Location where Brunel worked; location of MC2 satellite office
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Location where Brunel worked
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Base location for MC2 agency
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Location of MC2 satellite office
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Relationships (2)
Brunel described as 'one of the cast of characters involved in the ongoing Jeffrey Epstein... case'
Eileen Ford 'stop[ped] working with Brunel' after a sex scandal
Key Quotes (3)
"Jean Luc Brunel, one of the cast of characters involved in the ongoing Jeffrey Epstein (a level 3 registered sex offender), eight-year-long case"Source
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"no criminal charges have been filed by any of his accusers"Source
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"Brunel continues to hide behind his French citizenship"Source
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glaring spotlight of our culture, the part that worhips and presents our current idea of beauty in almost everything we touch.
These victims are on the most prominent slave block ever, emulated by our children, coveted by our culture-makers and our society, and standing in the brightest global spotlight in the world. In plain sight, reported on in numerous stories for decades and yet only escalating in usage until they've become the golden mean.
We can quietly ignore the ones resold daily in our town, who made our clothes, chocolate, housewares, provided the gold on our fingers and necks, electronics in our hands, labor in our fields. Here, finally, are slaves we fantasize about being, emulating, allow our society to be shaped by, consider trophies.
What will this say about us if we don't drastically change it? All of it.
Katie Ford walked away from an empire the first time she learned about slavery. she's working to change with this thing she recognized to be permeating the industry. That is courage.
Regulating Modeling Agencies to Help Prevent Child Sex Trafficking
Conchita Sarnoff
Posted: 02/10/2012 8:49 pm
Posted: 02/10/2012 8:49 pm
In 2010, Jezebel, an online site, published "The Sex Trafficking Model Scout" warning about the dangers of deregulated modeling agencies in the U.S.
Given the growing number of modeling agencies that transport underage teenagers from foreign countries into the United States and the growing sex trade of underage girls in the U.S. why does this industry remain deregulated?
Since the advent of this business, modeling agencies have had free reign to scout teenagers from every state in the country as well as every nation in the world. Many of these teenage girls come from economically disadvantaged families and are offered none to very limited protection while traveling and working as "models."
Jezebel reported that Jean Luc Brunel, one of the cast of characters involved in the ongoing Jeffrey Epstein (a level 3 registered sex offender), eight-year-long case, has been working for over two decades with a succession of agencies in New York and Paris. According to media reports, Diane Sawyer produced a segment for CBS's 60 Minutes featuring a sex scandal that eventually led Eileen Ford (founder of renowned Ford modeling agency) to stop working with Brunel.
Brunel's latest venture is the modeling agency MC2 based in South Beach, Fla. with satellite offices in New York and Tel Aviv. Since his agency is deregulated and "no criminal charges have been filed by any of his accusers" — although many have tried to serve him including lawyers representing Epstein's victims, Brunel continues to hide behind his French citizenship to
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