A WOMAN claiming to be an Epstein victim allegedly told the DOJ that one of his associates was “100x worse” than Ghislaine Maxwell, according to newly released emails.
The allegation appears in a November 2021 message included in a massive tranche of documents made public Friday under a transparency law.
The woman, who described herself only as an “unknown” victim, reportedly contacted the DOJ to make claims about Jean-Luc Brunel, a longtime Epstein associate.
In the email, the woman alleged that Brunel had “for 40 years traffic[ked] women internationally,” writing that he was “100x worse than Maxwell.”
She added: “Maxwell is bad and guilty but she is nothing compared to him.
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“I was a victim of them and MANY others they all knew.”
The claims, which appear without corroboration in the released materials, surfaced more than four months after Brunel was arrested in France on suspicion of raping minors.
Brunel was later found dead by hanging in his French jail cell in February 2022.
The email was among millions of pages released Friday, a scale that officials cautioned would not deliver long-sought revelations about Epstein’s network.
What we know so far…
- DOJ released millions of new Epstein files on Friday, including 180,000 pics and 2,000 videos
- Many of the materials contain commercial pornography and explicit images seized from Epstein’s devices
- DOJ officials said some images appear to have been taken by Epstein or people around him
- The release was mandated by the Epstein Files Transparency Act, signed into law by President Trump on November 19
- DOJ blamed delays on the volume of records and the need for sensitive redactions
- The files were pulled from multiple federal and state investigations, including Epstein’s criminal cases and probes into his death
- DOJ said 500 attorneys and reviewers were involved in vetting the materials
- Public access to the Epstein Library requires age verification due to explicit content
- The release includes unverified and incendiary allegations involving several high-profile figures, including Bill Gates
- Epstein ‘claims Bill Gates caught STD from sex with Russian girls’ in bombshell emails
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said earlier that the public should not expect major disclosures.
He said: “If we learn about information and evidence that allows us to prosecute them, you better believe we will.
“But I don’t think that the public or you all are going to uncover men within the Epstein files that abuse women.”
Blanche added that while the documents do not contain new evidence against unnamed powerful figures, they do reportedly include additional details about Epstein’s interactions with public figures, including former Trump adviser Steve Bannon and Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
The resurfaced allegation against Brunel comes as renewed scrutiny surrounds the circumstances of his death.
In January 2024, French authorities were urged to reopen the investigation into what was officially ruled a suicide after Brunel’s lawyers complained of “major dysfunctions” within the justice system.
Brunel, a prominent fashion agent and founder of the MC2 modelling agency, had been indicted for his alleged role in a global underage sex ring linked to Epstein.
Prosecutors have claimed the agency was used as a cover to recruit and supply victims.
He was accused of leveraging his fashion industry connections to traffic girls internationally and was alleged to have arranged for underage victims to be flown abroad for abuse.
His lawyers formally requested an administrative investigation, citing failures in the handling of his detention at Paris’ La Santé prison, where he was being monitored by multiple patrols at the time of his death.
A judicial inquiry into Brunel began in 2019 following multiple allegations by former models, some of whom later waived anonymity.
Court filings in the US and France also cite claims by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who alleged she had sexual encounters with Brunel as a minor.
Brunel denied all wrongdoing.
Meanwhile, newly revealed mugshots of Ghislaine Maxwell also surfaced in the latest dump of Epstein-related records.
The front and side view snaps reportedly show Maxwell after her July 2020 arrest on six federal charges.
She’s sporting an orange shirt and has her hair tied back.
What exactly are the Epstein Files?
The Epstein Files refer to the reams of evidence amassed by the Justice Department and FBI during a probe in Florida that led to his 2008 conviction for procuring a minor for prostitution and the investigation that led to his later indictment in New York.
The huge trove of documents has been sealed for years, and the object of frenzied speculation.
Only a sliver of the government material has ever been released publicly.
This includes tens of thousands of pages of evidence from federal investigations into Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell – known as the Epstein files – have been released to the public in stages over several years.
These documents, some released in redacted format, include Epstein’s flight logs, his contact book, email exchanges, court documents, and testimonies from victims and witnesses.
Names of many high-profile figures have appeared in them – but that does not mean they were aware of, or involved in Epstein’s crimes.
The Epstein Files Transparency Act, passed by the House and Senate and now signed by Trump, calls for the release within 30 days of “all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials” in the possession of the Justice Department, the FBI and US attorneys’ offices related to Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.
Maxwell, 63, is serving a 20-year prison sentence for recruiting underage girls for Epstein.
She was the only person convicted in connection with the disgraced financier, but Trump’s MAGA supporters have thought for years that “deep state” elites were protecting Epstein associates in the Democratic Party and Hollywood.
