Jean-Luc Brunel

Brunel, in his mid-70s, was under investigation for the rape and trafficking of minors for sexual exploitation.

Epstein traveled often to France and had apartments in Paris. It’s quite terrible for the victims,” she said. A French modelling agent who was close to disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead on Saturday in his prison cell in Paris, where he was being held in an investigation into the rape of minors and trafficking of minors for sexual exploitation, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office.

Jean-Luc Brunel, Jeffrey Epstein's modelling agent 'pimp', was not on suicide watch before he was found dead in his cell on Saturday morning - despite ...

Jean-Luc Brunel was not on suicide watch, although he was categorised as a 'vulnerable person' and guards checked on him over the course of four to six patrols a day - not frequently enough, apparently, to prevent his prison death on Saturday morning Erwan Saoudi, a prison warden trade union representative in the French capital, said: 'On average, there are four to six patrols in for vulnerable people in the prison where Brunel was held.' Up to six patrols a day at La Santé prison in Paris could not prevent Jean-Luc Brunel, 76, from dying in his cell, where he was on a list of 'vulnerable inmates' receiving extra surveillance while he awaited trial for for the rape of a minor By virtue of his inclusion on the 'vulnerable people' list, Brunel received up to six prison patrols a day. Jean-Luc Brunel, Jeffrey Epstein's modelling agent 'pimp', was not on suicide watch before he was found dead in his cell on Saturday morning - despite having tried multiple times to kill himself. Jeffrey Epstein's model agent 'pimp' Jean-Luc Brunel tried to kill himself multiple times but was not on suicide watch before he was found ‘hanged’ in his Paris jail cell