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In reply to the discussion: Just hear me out, what if he's not just in the Epstein files [View all]FM123
(10,277 posts)I remember this Medium article from a few months ago, very eye opening.
Link: https://thegoodage.medium.com/modeling-was-the-machine-epstein-was-just-the-middleman-3b5f37e1e49f
Snips:
Forget Epstein. Forget even Maxwell. If you want to understand how elite sex trafficking truly operated not as a scandal but as a system you start with the modeling agencies.
In the late 20th century, John Casablancas (founder of Elite Model Management) built the original model: turn teenage girls into glamorized assets. Jean-Luc Brunel took it international, founding MC2 and receiving at least $1 million from Jeffrey Epstein to expand operations. Paolo Zampolli cornered the visa angle, using U.S. immigration loopholes to bring in young foreign models often from Eastern Europe and South America under false pretenses.
Then came Mister Donald Trump.
In 1999, Donald Trump launched Trump Model Management. His agency followed the exact same pattern: bring girls in on tourist or extraordinary talent visas, overcrowd them in overpriced apartments, charge them for every service, and send them to work illegally while racking up debt they could never repay. Former models from his agency say they were instructed to lie to customs and start working immediately upon arrival.
This wasnt theory. It was documented. The visas were real. The labor was real. THE FRAUD WAS REAL.