Paris‘s public prosecutor, Laure Beccuau, is calling for the French victims of Jeffrey Epstein to come forward as her office dually investigates the sexual and financial crimes related to Epstein in France.
Epstein, the convicted sex trafficker from New York who died while in prison, owned property in Paris and had several ties to people in France, including modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, who also died in prison in France. Beccuau said in a Tuesday interview that her office “cannot ignore” the massive amount of information coming out of the U.S. Justice Department‘s release of the Epstein files.
The top Parisian magistrate told France Info that her office is opening a “framework investigation” into two areas related to Epstein’s crimes: the sexual offenses and human trafficking side, and the financial and economic side.
Beccuau said prosecutors in her office will examine “all of the elements” of the over 3 million documents publicly released in the DOJ’s Epstein files. She also said they will pore over “open sources” including public articles, complaints, and new revelations.
“These publications will inevitably reactivate the trauma of certain victims,” Beccuau said. “We are convinced some victims are not necessarily known to us.”
Beccuau told the outlet that the investigators are calling on the victims who wish to come forward to give statements through complaints or testimonies.
Epstein’s influence has had sweeping effects throughout Europe, causing leaders to fall from grace in multiple countries.
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There have been resignations or retreats from English leaders, such as former Prince Andrew, now Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, and former British ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson.
In France, most recently, former Cultural Minister Jack Lang resigned as president of the Arab World Institute over his ties to Epstein.
