Jean-Luc Brunel (d. Feb 19, 2022) was a French modeling agent who ran the Paris agency Karin Models from the late 1970s and, in 2005, built MC2 Model Management from Karin's U.S. division, with offices in New York and Miami. The Second Amended Complaint in Government of the USVI v. JPMorgan Chase (No. 1:22-cv-10904, S.D.N.Y.) alleges Epstein's JPMorgan accounts paid nearly $1.5 million to known recruiters, "including to the MC2 modeling agency" (para 42), and quotes JPMorgan's own March 2011 corporate-security report: "MC2 Model Management received $1 million from Epstein in 2005. It is unknown if the money was given as a secret investment or payment for services as a procurer" (para 48). This register lists MC2 as a counterparty entity and does not assert that Epstein owned or controlled it. Source: USVI v. JPMorgan SAC, Doc. 119.

Brunel was introduced to Epstein by Ghislaine Maxwell, whom he had known since the 1980s. He appears as a passenger in Epstein's private-flight logs on roughly 25 trips between 1998 and 2005, and — after Epstein's 2008 Florida conviction — reportedly visited him in jail many times during his sentence.

French authorities arrested Brunel at Charles de Gaulle Airport on December 16, 2020, as he attempted to board a flight to Dakar; he was placed under investigation (mis en examen) on suspicion of rape and trafficking of minors and sexual harassment, and in 2021 was charged in connection with the alleged drugging and rape of a minor in the 1990s. Multiple women reported allegations to French prosecutors, and public accusers have alleged that Brunel used modeling opportunities as cover for trafficking. Brunel denied all allegations and was never tried or convicted — he died in custody before any trial. These remain allegations, not adjudicated findings.

Brunel was found dead in his cell at La Santé prison, Paris, on February 19, 2022, age 75; a French inquiry concluded in March 2023 that he died by suicide. His lawyers said he had always maintained his innocence. The register records the death as officially characterized and draws no inference from it.

Brunel's conduct is among the matters the Paris prosecutor's reopened Epstein investigation (announced February 2026, led by prosecutor Laure Beccuau) is re-examining.