The Public Prosecution in Paris revealed the formation of a special team of judges to scrutinize files related to the late American sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein, while reconsidering the case of French model agent Jean-Luc Brunel, with the aim of examining possible crime suspicions.
Published on: 02/14/2026 - 21:59 Last updated: 02/15/2026 - 12:34
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The Public Prosecution Office in Paris formed a special team of judges to analyze the files related to the late American financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was convicted of sexual offenses, according to what it announced on Saturday.
The prosecution explained that the new team will work in close coordination with prosecutors in the National Financial Crimes Unit and the police, with the aim of opening investigations into any potential crimes involving French citizens.
As part of this decision, the team is scheduled to reopen their files related to Frenchman Jean-Luc Brunel, a former model agent who died behind bars in 2022.
The goal is to "extract any evidence that can be usefully used within the framework of a new investigation," according to the Public Prosecution.
Brunel, who was close to Epstein, was found dead inside the cell where he had been imprisoned since the end of 2020 in cases of “rape of minors.”
Epstein was found dead in prison in 2019 before being tried on charges of trafficking minors, in an incident that the US authorities classified as a suicide.
The names of several French public figures appear in documents published by the US Department of Justice in late January from the Jeffrey Epstein case file.
The mere mention of a person's name in Epstein's files does not necessarily mean that he has committed any wrongdoing.
France 24/AFP
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