Paris prosecutors open Epstein-related investigations using files released by Trump administration

Published February 18, 2026 12:31pm ET



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.

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