Inside Epstein’s Paris lair: French prosecutors release photos of his flat including red room complete with masseuse table
Images show Epstein's red massage room and pictures of naked women on the walls.
Photos taken in 2019 during the search of paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein's apartment in Paris have been released by French authorities.
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The apartment, just steps from the iconic Arc de Triomphe, has been identified as a location in which Epstein allegedly committed numerous rapes and sexual assaults.
French newspaper Le Parisien has obtained access to photos taken by investigators, extracted from the case file of the late French modelling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, who was charged with rape and committed suicide in custody in 2022.
Previously unpublished photographs of the Paris apartment show that it was decorated with images of naked or semi-naked young women and stuffed animals, including an elephant calf and a vulture.
One photo found in the 18-room apartment on Avenue Foch, one of Paris’s most exclusive addresses, shows the paedophile sprawled beside two topless women.
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French investigators are using the millions of files on Epstein released by the US Department of Justice to try to piece together a picture of alleged crimes at the apartment.
At least three women have testified that Epstein or his associates abused them on French soil.
Laure Beccuau, the chief Paris prosecutor, said: “We are hoping all this data will help us get a well-informed, very broad, panoramic view [of the case]."
Police in the UK searched Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s previous home over the weekend after he was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
Andrew has denied any wrongdoing over his links to the convicted sex offender, but has not directly responded to the latest allegations.
After his younger brother’s arrest, the King said in a statement that “the law must take its course” and the police have “our full and wholehearted support and co-operation”.
Detectives have asked Andrew’s former close protection officers to “consider carefully whether anything they saw or heard” during their service could be relevant to the investigation into Epstein and his associates.
The Metropolitan Police said they were working with counterparts in the US to establish whether London airports had been used to “facilitate human trafficking and sexual exploitation”.