Alleged false online links between modeling firm MC2 and Jeffrey Epstein caused alleged $10M profit loss

that Fox has placed models with Plaintiff MC2 in the past with absolutely no problems. However, because of the false internet trafficking links between Plaintiffs and Epstein, Fox states that it cannot place anymore models with Plaintiff MC2 until the allegations are cleared up. 18. Before the false links between Plaintiff and Epstein surfaced, Plaintiff Brunel was earning a great deal of revenue from MC2 Miami. 19. The false links between Plaintiffs and Epstein began to surface online in about 2005- 2006. Then, in 2006, Plaintiffs received a letter of credit from Epstein at 5% interest. Plaintiffs then made an investment totaling one-million dollars with Elite Paris, to start a company. 20. Next, Plaintiff Brunel started the company, “E Management”, to work with Elite Models in Paris, Plaintiff had to close it almost immediately, because Elite didn’t send any models to Plaintiff MC2 for fear of being linked to Epstein. 21. Because the false links between Plaintiffs and Epstein began to gain strength online, Elite Paris severed the agreement due entirely to these false links. Plaintiff Brunel lost his investment of one-million dollars because of this loss of business. 22. Plaintiffs lost potentially ten-million dollars in profits due to this initial one-million dollar loss. 23. Additionally, a former financial controller of MC2, Maritza Vasquez, stated in a 2012 deposition that Plaintiff Brunel had never done anything inappropriate or illegal with any under- age model. (Exhibits H! & H2 -Transcript of Deposition of Maritza Vasquez). 24. Maritza Vasquez was fired from her job at Plaintiff MC2 for embezzling company funds, and had criminal charges filed against her (Composite Exhibit I attached). She was also the source of the false information linking Plaintiffs to sex trafficking in the articles written by Conchita Sarnoff of the website Jezebel (Composite Exhibit A, p.2-7). HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_011916