Paris prosecutor Laure Bequio on Wednesday (Feb. 18) called on potential victims of the sex offender to testify or file a lawsuit as five judges investigate possible crimes committed in or involving French people.
who died in prison in 2019, “will necessarily reactivate the trauma of some victims, some of whom (…) we don’t know,” said Lorre Bequio, in an interview with the franceinfo radio network.
“If they wish, we will receive all the statements they would like to make, either through lawsuits or through depositions,” assured Becchio.
Why is the case “opening” in France as well?
The Paris prosecutor’s office is responsible “either in the event that the perpetrators are French”, “including the possibility that the events have unfolded abroad”, “or when the victims are French”, its head pointed out.
On Saturday, the prosecutor’s office announced that it had referred those linked to French citizens, “especially of a sexual or economic nature.”
These two ‘frameworks’ will allow the analysis of millions of documents and the exploitation of open sources, such as press articles,” noted Becchio.
On Saturday, the prosecutor’s office said it had carried out an “internal analysis of the investigation file” on former modeling agency chief Jean-Luc Brunel, who died in custody in 2022.
The reports that the French judges are considering about the persons involved
The judges are also considering a petition filed by Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barot about allegations against diplomat Fabrice Aidan, who exchanged dozens of emails over the years with Jeffrey Epstein. In addition, the case of Daniel Ciad, a “hunter” of models, following a complaint of rape. And the case of conductor Frédéric Chaslin, following a complaint of sexual harassment.
The prosecutor’s office also said it is working in coordination with the Economic Prosecutor’s Office, which launched, in early February, a preliminary investigation into “money laundering” against former culture minister and former president of the Arab World Institute Jack Lang and his daughter Carolyn Lang, whose names are also mentioned in the “Epstein Files.”
