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From Small Towns to Epstein’s Homes: Allegations In Brazil Continue To Grow (5/22/26) · The Vault: The Epstein Files

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Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the
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Epstein Chronicles. One of the least explored areas of Epstein's
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predation was down in South America. But now more people
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are starting to turn their focus to the fact that
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Epstein was running a human trafficking pipeline that expanded not
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only through Central America but all the way down to
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South America. And one of the first people that told
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us about this was Maritza Vasquez, and when she was
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deposed about Jean Lupernel mc square and Jeffrey Epstein, she
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had some very, very damning things to say, and considering
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her testimony, I find it hard to believe that people
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out there still deny that Jeffrey Epstein was the mastermind
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of an international sex trafficking ring. Now, is that the
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only thing he was doing. Of course not, but it
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most certainly was a huge part of the machine. And
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in today's episode, the Miami Herald is now talking about
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Epstein and Brazil. So there's no headline here on the
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article besides Epstein bringing girls from Brazil basically, so we're
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just going to dive right in. Like I said, this
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article was published by the Miami Herald and the author
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of this article is sure show Dasgupta. While on the
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hunt for young women and underage girls, Jeffrey Epstein repeatedly
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turned to Brazil. He larned girls as young as thirteen
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with promises of lucrative modeling work and other enticements to
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entrap them into sexual servitude. According to a Miami Herald
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investigation based on the millions of pages of records released
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earlier this year by the US Justice Department, the disgrace
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financier worked with model scouts, including Epstein's former business partner,
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Jean lu Brunel, to recruit the girls, often from small
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towns and poor families. To woo them, he would shower
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them with gifts like luxury handbags and secure appointments with
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top pair dressers, celebrity stylist Frederick Focai. And this isn't
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new to you. You've heard all of this, but it
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just reinforces what we've been talking about now for what
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years and how long ago did we talk about Ms.
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Vasquez and the deposition and whatever came of it. Nothing,
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Just like everything else in this absolute abomination of a case.
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In the early two thousands, Epstein would jet down to
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South America, attending modeling competitions and keeping up with the
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hottest Brazilian plastic surgeons to handle nips and tucks on
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his prospects. He owned an apartment in the upscale Villa
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Olympia neighborhood of sal Polo and allegedly invited women to
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luxury hotels in the city, asking them to disrobe in
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front of them. That all checks out, and these are
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just the women that are coming forward. Can you imagine
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how many women have stories to tell that aren't going
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to come forward. At the heart of Epstein's recruiting operation
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where Brunel and his agency Karen Models of America. The
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two men later used Brunell's MC Model Management that had
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a prominent branch in Miami Beach. But bringing in the
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women and girls was a tricky business, requiring an employer
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to sponsor visas. Brunell's agencies applied for the visas on
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behalf of the women, claiming that they were going to
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work in the United States. Epstein would then foot the
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legal bills several thousand dollars for each applicant. The amount
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of immigration fraud that we see here is absolutely absurd,
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and I have no clue how it's not a bigger conversation.
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I mean, how is that not a bigger conversation considering
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the implications. In one instance, Brunell brought over four girls
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from the same Brazilian agency to Epstein. According to a
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deposition given by one of Brunell's former bookkeepers, Mritz Avasquez,
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two of them were aged thirteen to fifteen. She could
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not recall the agency's name. Vasquez had previously told The
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Herald that some of the women the agency managed never
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actually worked as models, but were instead sent to parties
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Epstein hosted at his Palm Beach in Manhattan mansions. That's
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what they were there for. They were kept in those apartments,
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and then when Epstein wanted to abuse them or whatever,
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he'd had him come over. And he even had some
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of these little girls living with him, according to Ms. Vasquez. So,
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I wonder if anyone's gonna ask Miss Vickers today while she's,
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you know, in front of Congress about that. How can
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you be at Epstein's house all the time and not
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see those girls running around doing what they were doing.
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It just doesn't match reality, And I'm sorry, I don't
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buy it. In the mid twenty tens, Epstein also explored
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the possibility of purchasing a Brazilian modeling agency himself and
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partnership with musician and model scout Ramsey el Kohli. Maybe
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just by Brazil for a couple hundred K that will
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ensure a steady stream of punani. Elklei wrote in a
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December twenty sixteen email to abst using the Jamaican patois
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slang for vagina. Think about the implications of what that
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man said, and think about the fact that these girls
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were so young coming from Brazil. But Epstein was operating alone.
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There was no human trafficking operation right and to all
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the people that say that they can need a whole
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gigantic bag of soaggi orangutang dicks. The Herald sent questions
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to al kholi VIA's attorneys, but did not receive a response.
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The Herald was able to identify several women who were
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recruited into Epstein's network, but is not revealing their identities
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because some were miners at the time and possibly as victims.
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Earlier this year, Brazilian prosecutors launched an investigation into Epstein's
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activity in the country, though details are currently under seal.
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The prosecutors confirm that while they want to speak to
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the women, they're not targets of the probe and they
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shouldn't be should not be the targets of the probe.
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The target should be El Kali and all these other
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scumbags that were involved with Epstein. And this is interesting
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considering that my series that I put together when it
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comes to Maritza Vasquez in the deposition, was called the
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count Walk to Hell. Well, you know what this section
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of this article is named. You got it? Cant walk
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to Hell. Brunel would often drive the women he recruited
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to Epstein's properties, his accountant, Vasquez said in a deposition
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in twenty ten. The deposition was part of a civil
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suit one of Epstein's victims had filed against him two
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years prior. She alleged that Epstein and Brunel, who died
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in French custody in twenty twenty two while under investigation
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for rape and trafficking women to Ebstein, would travel to
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Brazil where they would slictit sex workers. They were underage girls,
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she said, like sixteen, seventeen eighteen. In two thousand and four,
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Brunell founded and judged the inaugural Models New Generation competition
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records reviewed by The Herald Joe. The contest, held that
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year in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil, had dozens of
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participants from around the world. Well, what do you know,
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just another fertile hunting ground for gool. Jean Luke Brunel,
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a fifteen year old from Brazil, was the winner. Eight
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logs suggests that Epstein was in attendance on the final
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night of the two week competition on August twenty fifth.
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The records also show that the winner was a passenger
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on Epstein's private jets several times that year, flying between
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West Palm Beach, New York, Paris and Little Saint James,
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the financiers private island in the Caribbean, where he allegedly
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sexually assaulted countless women and girls. Allegedly pretty sure that
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that happened. The Herald was able to identify one Brazilian
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woman who provides a case study of how Epstein enticed
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his victims by paying for their travel, giving them expensive gifts,
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and securing appointments afflicaia salons and Look, that might not
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sound like a lot to you, but if you come
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from a place where you have nothing, no money, no hope, nothing.
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That's a whole hell of a lot. And Brunello and
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Epstein they knew that and they exploited it. The women,
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the record show, underwent some surgical procedure in Salpolo that
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Epstein paid for two days before he was released from
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the Palm Beach County Stackade on July twenty second, two
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thousand and nine, after serving thirteen months on a charge
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of soliciting prostitution from a minor. The records do not
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state what kind of surgery it was. Oh, I'm sure
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it was something to do with making her quote unquote
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more attractive for Epstein and Brunel. These two dudes were
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so sick that it's almost hard to quantify that evil.
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Epstein checked in with her a month later, asking her
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to come to Florida. The records do not show whether
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the woman traveled to the US to meet him. Look,
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I don't know one way or the other, but my
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guess is she did. Epstein pretty much got what he
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wanted when it comes to these women. But a little
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less than two years later, she introduced him to another
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young woman from northeastern Brazil who was looking to move
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to New York. She comes from a very tiny town
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here in the outskirts of Natal and very poor, simple family.
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She wrote to Epstein in January twenty eleven. I've attached
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a pick she took for you from New Year's Eve.
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You're gonna love her. She was hoping Epstein could pay
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for the Natal's woman travel. Could you take better photos,
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Epstein replied two days later, lingerie bikinis. The records do
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not show whether Epstein received the new photos, but he
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decided not to help the woman from Na Tall. Well. Yeah,
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everything was transactional for Epstein. If he wasn't gonna get
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what he wanted, he's not gonna help. Other records reveal
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the level of control Epstein had over the women and
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girls that he recruited. You only think of your own pleasure,
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he wrote in a twenty twelve email, rebuking one Brazilian
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woman for to make him a music playlist. You think
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of yourself, but not of me. Another instance, five years
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later showed him berating a model because she had not
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removed a piercing immediately after he suggested it. If I
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were you, I would have had that piercing out. Ten
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days ago, Epstein wrote to her. That would have showed seriousness.
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You didn't control, even down to the most basic thing,
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that was the Epstein mo The woman, then based in Barcelona,
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apologized profusely, saying she was busy with shoots. She removed
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her piercing, and she sent Epstein a photo within the hour. Epstein,
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the Record suggests, did not reply. In twenty sixteen, Elkley,
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a New York based musician who also doubled as a
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modeling scout, sought Epstein's partnership and purchasing some of Brazil's
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top modeling agencies. Elkley, the Record show, had introduced several
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women from Brazil and elsewhere at Epstein over the years,
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had often exchanged sexually e iplicit messages about them with them.
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El Coley was focusing his efforts on the Brazilian agency
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Joy Models and Way Models, and a modeling talent competition
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that aimed to propel young Brazilian women and girls into
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the industry's spotlight. Would you be interested in that, Elkley
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asked Epstein on September eleventh, twenty sixteen. This way you'd
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be getting younger girls, fresh faces. Basically. Elkley was also
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looking at two global fashion magazines, Like what you mean
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to tell me? People out here really believe Epstein wasn't
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involved in human trafficking. I guess el Coley was just
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messing around. Huh ah, just kidding, Jeff. He asked if
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Epstein was interested in being a partial owner of Harper's
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Bazaar or La Officielle. Elkley wanted to acquire the magazines
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Brazil editions much cheaper shares and would get me the
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same results pussy, he explained to Epstein. Epstein looked into
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the finances of the modeling agencies and magazines. The record
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show he wasn't interested in the publications. It's unclear whether
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he ultimately invested in any of the agencies. The Herald
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did not receive any response to request for comment from
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Joy Models and Way Models. Federal law enforcement officers arrestedt
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Epstein on July six, twenty nineteen, on sex trafficking charges.
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He was found dead in his cell at a Lower
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Manhattan federal detention center roughly a month later, on August tenth. Well, folks,
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it just shows you that this pipeline that Epstein built
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was vast. And the next time somebody tries to tell
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you that Epstein wasn't running a trafficking ring. Maybe you
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should remind them about Brazil, because if what Epstein and
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his pals were doing in Brazil is not human trafficking,
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I don't know what is. All Right, folks, that's gonna
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do it for this one. All the information that goes
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