Epstein Case: former Mannequins Officer Jean-Luc Brunel found dead in prison

Suspected of rape on minor and sexual harassment, French had been indicted and placed in pre-trial detention in December 2020.

Le Monde with AFP

The former French modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel was found dead death on the night Friday, 18 to Saturday, February 19 in his cell in the health prison in Paris, announced the parquet of Paris.

An investigation in search for causes of death has been opened, entrusted to the 3rd judicial police district.

Jean-Luc Brunel had been indicted and placed in detention in December 2020. He is suspected of rapes on minor and sexual harassment. It was also suspected of playing the role of rebate for the American billionaire Jeffrey Epstein dead in 2019.

/Media reports.