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In his prison cell in Paris, a French modeling agent and close associate of the late US millionaire and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was discovered dead. Prosecutors said that Jean-Luc Brunel was found hanging in his cell at La Santé prison around 01:00 on Saturday. The 76-year-old had been detained for more than a year while being probed for rape of minors and trafficking of minors for sexual exploitation. Brunel had vehemently denied any misconduct on his part. Brunel's lawyers stated the allegations had "crushed" him and blamed the allegations on a "media-judicial system." Brunel co-founded Karin Models in France in 1977 and MC2 Model Management in the United States with the help of Epstein. In December 2020, Brunel was stopped at Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport while attempting to catch a flight to Senegal. His detention was part of a French investigation into charges of sex trafficking and sexual assault against Epstein, which focused on possible crim

According to tweets from an executive on a test version seen by Reuters, Donald Trump's new social media endeavor, Truth Social, is slated to launch in Apple's App Store on Monday, perhaps marking the former president's return to social media on the US Presidents' Day holiday. A verified account for the network's chief product officer, Billy B, responded to queries about the app from users asked to use it during its test period in a series of postings late Friday. According to screenshots seen by Reuters, one user inquired when the software, which had been accessible for beta testers this week, would be released to the general public. "We're scheduled to be released on the Apple app store on Monday, February." The launch will reintroduce Trump to social media after he was banned from Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube following his supporters' attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, when he was accused of sending comments inciting violence. Donald