From: To: Subject: FW: UNCLASSIFIED (U) Indonesia- Epstein ally found dead in French prison- prosecutors --- UNCLASSIFIED Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 17:58:14 +0000 Importance: Normal The plot thickens. FBI TAC Operations Analysis Technology Unit (ATU) Intelligence Technology Section, DI Miami: FPRA: TAC Support TAC Wiki: Iittps://internal.fbinet.fbi/teamsites/ DI/ISB/SSS/STU2/tac/SitePages/ Home.aspx From: a <a Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2022 11:52 AM To: ES (0!) (CON) <a Subject: UNCLASSIFIED (U) Indonesia- Epstein ally found dead in French prison- prosecutors UNCLASSIFIED (U) Indonesia: Epstein ally found dead in French prison: prosecutors February 21, 2022 Feed: sipr_rmt Source: OSC RESTON VA EFTA00174043

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WARNING: Topic: CRIME, ILLICIT FINANCE SERIAL: SEW2022022101593717 COUNTRY: Indonesia SUBJ: (U) Indonesia: Epstein ally found dead in French prison: prosecutors SOURCE: Jakarta The Jakarta Post Online in English 21 Feb 22 TEXT: {Internet] [TRANSCRIPTION] This product may contain copyrighted material; authorized use is for national security purposes of the United States Government only. Any reproduction, dissemination, or use is subject to the OSE usage policy and the original copyright. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION The body of this product is a transcription of original English-language material. CAVEATS Computer selected and disseminated without OSE editorial intervention. BODY Guillaume Daudin (Agence France-Presse) (The Jakarta Post) PREMIUM Paris * Mon, February 21 2022 French model agent Jean-Luc Brunel, a close associate of disgraced United States billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, has been found dead in his Paris prison cell, prosecutors said Saturday, in an echo of the jail suicide of his friend. Epstein, arrested in July 2019 on charges of trafficking underage girls for sex, was found hanged in his New York jail cell the following month while awaiting trial over abuses against under-age women. His former associate Brunel, in his mid-70s, had been charged with the rape of minors and held in prison since December 2020. He was briefly freed in late 2021 but then re-incarcerated on a Paris court of appeal ruling. A source close to the investigation told AFP Brunel had been found dead overnight Friday to Saturday in the Prison de la Sante. Paris prosecutors later confirmed he had died. The source said he had been found hanged, but this was not confirmed by prosecutors. Police are now investigating the cause of death, added the source, asking not to be named. Brunel's death means his case is closed, unless other suspects are implicated in the same case in the future. ‘Leaving behind secrets’ Brunel had denied the charges. He was first detained in December 2020 at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport. His lawyers, Mathias Chichportich, Marianne Abgrall and Christophe Ingrain, said his apparent suicide was "not guided by guilt but a profound sense of injustice". "His tragedy is that of a 75-year-old man crushed by a media-judicial system," they said in a statement. "Brunel had always maintained his innocence and had intensified his efforts to prove it." Allegations from women who say they were abused in France in the Epstein case prompted French prosecutors to open their own investigation. That probe focused on Brunel, who was accused in US court documents of rape and of procuring young girls for his friend. Anne-Claire Le Jeune, lawyer for the plaintiffs, expressed "frustration and bitterness over not being able to obtain justice, just as for the victims of Epstein". - "It took so much courage to be able to speak up, to be heard by the police and the investigating judges. It's quite terrible for the victims", she said. She added that the victims had the feeling Brunel was "leaving behind a number of secrets". Prince's settlement Brunel began his career as a model scout and in 1978 was involved in setting up the prestigious Karin Models agency. He then moved to the US where he cofounded the Miami-based agency MC2. EFTA00174044

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