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Or sign-in if you have an account.Epstein owned property in Paris. Photo by JACQUES DEMARTHON /AFPAround 10 “new” suspected victims have come forward in a French probe into the network of late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a prosecutor said Sunday.Enjoy the latest local, national and international news.Exclusive articles by Conrad Black, Barbara Kay and others. Plus, special edition NP Platformed and First Reading newsletters and virtual events.Unlimited online access to National Post.National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on.Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword.Support local journalism.Enjoy the latest local, national and international news.Exclusive articles by Conrad Black, Barbara Kay and others. 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If you don't see it, please check your junk folder.The next issue of NP Posted will soon be in your inbox.We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try againTop Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said around 20 suspected victims had made themselves known after she, in February, urged potential victims to speak up.Some were already known to investigators, she told the RTL broadcaster.“But we also had new victims come forward, ones we didn’t know at all. There are around 10 of them,” she added.“The choice we’ve made for the time being is to listen to these victims,” she said.“A certain number of them are abroad, so the investigators have tried to set up meetings to suit when they are able to come to Paris.”Investigators were also scouring through the so-called Epstein files and would be searching them for any names mentioned by alleged victims, she said.“We have also once again pulled out Mr. Epstein’s computers, his telephone records, his address books,” she said, adding her team would be “making requests for international assistance.” A document that was included in the U.S. Department of Justice release of the Jeffrey Epstein files is photographed Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, shows the report when Epstein was taken into custody on July 6, 2019. Photo by AP Photo/Jon ElswickFrench investigators searched Epstein’s luxury Paris apartment in September 2019, after he was found hanged in his New York jail cell the previous month.Suspected victims already known to investigators included women who had spoken during investigations into former European model agency boss Gerald Marie and late model agent Jean-Luc Brunel.Fifteen women in March urged France to investigate Marie for possible links to Epstein.Investigators in 2023 closed another probe into accusations that Marie committed sexual abuse in the 1980s and 1990s because it was too long ago to be prosecuted.French authorities arrested Brunel in 2020 after allegations that he sexually abused minors and procured victims for the U.S. billionaire. He was found dead in prison in 2022.Two former models have told AFP that a modelling scout named Daniel Siad groomed them with the aim of delivering them to Epstein in one case in the 2000s, and Marie in the other case in the 1990s.In the latest human trafficking probe, “none of the people who could potentially be implicated have been questioned” so far, Beccuau said.Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to procuring for prostitution a girl under the age of 18, and served 13 months in prison before being released on probation.Our website is the place for the latest breaking news, exclusive scoops, longreads and provocative commentary. Please bookmark nationalpost.com and sign up for our daily newsletter, Posted, here. Join the Conversation This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. Read more about cookies here. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.