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Subject: Epstein Ducks Modeling Agency Suit Over Improper Service - Law360 
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 10:38:11 +0000 
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Epstein Ducks Modeling Agency Suit Over Improper Service 
By Carolina Bolado 
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Law360 (April 24, 2019, 6:45 PM EDT) --
Billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein ducked a 
modeling agency's lawsuit Wednesday when a 
Florida appeals court ruled the business had failed to 
properly serve him with the complaint at his primary 
residence on a private island in the Caribbean. 
Florida's Third District Court of Appeal said service 
of the complaint by Miami-based MC2 Model & 
Talent LLC and its owner, Jean-Luc Brunel, on an 
office supervisor at Epstein's U.S. Virgin Islands 
business address did not comply with the 
requirements under Florida law and that the suit 
should be dismissed without prejudice, meaning it 
could be reified. 
The appeals court agreed with Epstein, who had 
argued that Brunel and MC2 never attempted to serve 
him at his primary residence, a private island called 
Little St. James in the U.S. Virgin Islands. 
"Brunel and MC2 attempt to excuse strict compliance 
by arguing that the legislature could not have 
contemplated a lifestyle like Epstein's," the Third 
District said. "But Brunel and MC2 never tried to 
serve Epstein at his place of abode." 
Epstein argued that service of process takes place 
routinely on private property and that his private 
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island is accessible by boat, has a large dock and is 
easily located on any map. Nothing would have 
prevented a process server from tying up to the dock 
and asking for him, Epstein said. 
Brunel and MC2 sued Epstein in January 2015 in 
Miami, claiming the notoriety and bad publicity 
stemming from sexual assault and prostitution 
charges against Epstein cost the agency business. 
Brunel has been linked to Epstein and has been 
accused by…
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