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Around 10 'new' victims in France's Epstein probe: prosecutor
Paris (France) (AFP) – Around 10 "new" suspected victims have come forward in a French probe into the network of late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a prosecutor said Sunday. Issued on: 17/05/2026 - 17:34 2 min Reading time Epstein owned property in Paris © JACQUES DEMARTHON / AFP France opened a human trafficking investigation after the US Justice Department in January released the latest cache of files from the investigation into the disgraced financier, who died in prison in 2019 while facing charges of trafficking underage girls for sex.French magistrates are seeking to investigate possible offences committed in France or involving French perpetrators who facilitated his crimes.Top Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said around 20 suspected victims had made themselves known after she in February urged potential victims to speak up.Some were already known to investigators, she told the RTL broadcaster."But we also had new victims come forward, ones we didn't know at all. There are around 10 of them," she added."The choice we've made for the time being is to listen to these victims," she said."A certain number of them are abroad so the investigators have tried to set up meetings to suit when they are able to come to Paris."Investigators were also scouring through the so-called Epstein files, and would be searching them for any names mentioned by alleged victims, she said."We have also once again pulled out Mr Epstein's computers, his telephone records, his address books," she said, adding her team would be "making requests for international assistance".French investigators searched Epstein's luxury Paris apartment in September 2019, after he was found hanged in his New York jail cell the previous month.Suspected victims already known to investigators included women who had spoken during investigations into former European model agency boss Gerald Marie and late model agent Jean-Luc Brunel.Fifteen women in March urged France to investigate Marie for possible links to Epstein.Investigators in 2023 closed another probe into accusations Marie committed sexual abuse in the 1980s and 1990s because it was too long ago to be prosecuted.French authorities arrested Brunel in 2020 after allegations he sexually abused minors and procured victims for the US billionaire. He was found dead in prison in 2022.Two former models have told AFP that a modelling scout named Daniel Siad groomed them with the aim of delivering them to Epstein in one case in the 2000s, and Mar...
France listening to 10 'new' suspected victims of Epstein: Prosecutor ...
French magistrates are investigating possible offences involving French perpetrators who facilitated Epstein’s crimes.A prosecutor in France has revealed that about 10 new suspected victims have come forward in the European country’s probe into the network of late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Speaking with the RTL broadcaster, Paris Public Prosecutor Laure Beccuau said on Sunday that about 20 suspected victims had made themselves known after she, in February, urged potential victims to speak up.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Lawyers search for Epstein survivors for Bank of America $72.5m settlementlist 2 of 3US Attorney General Pam Bondi subpoenaed for congressional Epstein probelist 3 of 3Photos show ‘grave-like plots’ at Epstein’s Zorro Ranch, tipster claimsend of listWhile some were already known to investigators, she said, “new victims come forward, ones we didn’t know at all”.“There are around 10 of them,” she added, noting, “The choice we’ve made for the time being is to listen to these victims.”“A certain number of them are abroad, so the investigators have tried to set up meetings to suit when they are able to come to Paris,” the prosecutor said.Public Prosecutor of Paris Laure Beccuau delivers a news conference on March 25, 2026 [File: Blanca Cruz/AFP]Following the release of the cache of files from the investigation into the disgraced financier by the United States Justice Department, France also opened a human trafficking investigation.French magistrates are seeking to investigate possible offences committed in France or involving French perpetrators who facilitated Epstein’s crimes.“We have also once again pulled out Mr Epstein’s computers, his telephone records, his address books,” she said, adding that her team would be “making requests for international assistance”.Epstein died in US prison in August 2019 while facing charges of trafficking underage girls for sex. The next month, French investigators searched Epstein’s luxury apartment in Paris.Suspected victims already known to investigators included women who had spoken during probes into former European model agency boss Gerald Marie and late model agent Jean-Luc Brunel, reported the AFP news agency.Fifteen women in March urged France to investigate Marie for possible links to Epstein.French authorities arrested Brunel in 2020 after allegations that he sexually abused minors and procured victims for Epstein. He was found dead in prison in 2022.Two former models have told...
France Epstein Probe Identifies 10 New Suspected Victims As ...
French prosecutors say around 10 new suspected victims linked to Jeffrey Epstein's network have been identified as investigators expand the ongoing human trafficking probe
Around 10 'new' victims in France's Epstein probe, says prosecutor
French magistrates are seeking to investigate possible offences committed in France or involving French perpetrators who facilitated his crimes. Top Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said around 20 suspected victims had made themselves known after she urged potential victims to speak up in February.