In 2026, documents described a troubling social and professional connection between AllSaints chairman Lyndon Lea, convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and French modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel. After Epstein’s 2009 release from prison for soliciting a minor for prostitution, Epstein emailed Brunel on January 18, 2010, asking him to arrange a New York dinner for Lea. Brunel replied that he would invite ten models, an exchange that placed the AllSaints investor within the orbit of a network later associated with the recruitment and sexual exploitation of young women. Brunel, who had been accused of rape and trafficking minors, died in a Paris prison in 2022 while awaiting proceedings. Epstein also introduced Lea to a young Romanian woman, whom Epstein first directed toward an internship at Findus and later toward employment at AllSaints. She subsequently described herself as executive assistant to CEO William Kim and referred to Kim in emails as her former boss and current boyfriend. Peter Wood, who later became AllSaints CEO, had overseen human-resources functions during the period of her employment. The revelations did not establish that AllSaints itself participated in trafficking or that its executives committed a criminal offense, but they exposed how elite fashion, private-equity wealth, modeling networks, and Epstein’s social machinery overlapped. The disclosures also revived questions about institutional due diligence, access to senior executives, and the fashion industry’s longstanding vulnerability to predatory relationships disguised as career opportunities.
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The Epstein–Brunel Pipeline and the AllSaints Executive Office
AllSaints, Lyndon Lea, Jeffrey Epstein, Jean-Luc Brunel, and William Kim / 2020s
In 2026, documents described a troubling social and professional connection between AllSaints chairman Lyndon Lea, convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and French modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel. After Epstein’s 2009 release from prison for soliciting a minor for prostitution, Epstein emailed Brunel on January 18, 2010, asking him to arrange a New York dinner for Lea. Brunel replied that he would invite ten models, an exchange that placed the AllSaints investor within the orbit of a network later associated with the recruitment and sexual exploitation of young women. Brunel, who had been accused of rape and trafficking minors, died in a Paris prison in 2022 while awaiting proceedings. Epstein also introduced Lea to a young Romanian woman, whom Epstein first directed toward an internship at Findus and later toward employment at AllSaints. She subsequently described herself as executive assistant to CEO William Kim and referred to Kim in emails as her former boss and current boyfriend. Peter Wood, who later became AllSaints CEO, had overseen human-resources functions during the period of her employment. The revelations did not establish that AllSaints itself participated in trafficking or that its executives committed a criminal offense, but they exposed how elite fashion, private-equity wealth, modeling networks, and Epstein’s social machinery overlapped. The disclosures also revived questions about institutional due diligence, access to senior executives, and the fashion industry’s longstanding vulnerability to predatory relationships disguised as career opportunities.
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