Her statement matches other documents. Court records and US Department of Justice files indicate that Brunel used his agency, first called Karin Models of America, and later MC2 in America, to attract girls from several countries, including minors.
The same records include testimony from a former MC2 employee in the US saying Epstein paid for visas which Brunel’s agency in the US arranged. Epstein had provided financial backing when Brunel set up MC2 in the US.
There has never been any suggestion that any agency other than those managed and controlled by Brunel in the US were involved in any wrongdoing.
Before he died, Brunel denied he had done anything wrong. His lawyers said he had been “crushed” by the allegations, and blamed a “media-judicial system”.
Ana says that over the course of about four months, she travelled to the US and France with Epstein, who was “affectionate” towards her.
She describes how, during that time, he paid for some English lessons.
Ana says her visa was cancelled in Miami after US authorities questioned who was paying for her work and whether she was receiving money in the United States.
She says she had travelled to the country at least six times to spend time with Epstein before the visa was cancelled.
She says she went to his private island in the US Virgin Islands and thought he considered her his girlfriend, until she found him in bed with someone else. “Until then, it hadn’t sunk in that he did this with many girls,” she says.
“On several occasions he would tell me to leave the house to do something – go to a museum, go to classes. I don’t know if anything happened that he didn’t want me to see… He liked younger girls and being surrounded by them.”
She adds that she had sex with him once, and “he liked sleeping, spooning, cuddling and having his feet massaged”.