JAMES PATTERSON The Cops Michele Pagan is now a sergeant for the Palm Beach Police Department. In early 2012, at a reception at Mar-a-Lago, Detective Joe Recarey received the first Palm Beach Police Foundation Police Officer of the Year award-one of several honors he received in the course of his twenty-three-year career in Palm Beach. Two years later, he left the department and took a job as director of loss prevention for the Gold Coast Beverage company. “I’ve been [at the Palm Beach Police Department] longer than my children have been alive,” he told a reporter for the Palm Beach Daily News when he left. “I’m going to miss a majority of the people I’ve worked with, and, obviously, I’m going to miss the work. This is my extended family. Like many families, you have disagreements with some family members. But you overlook that, and you work together and you’re a team. I’m going to look back and miss a lot of the people I’ve worked with.” Palm Beach police chief Michael Reiter left the department in 2008 after twenty-eight years on the job. He now runs his own security company in Palm Beach. Jean-Luc Brunel In January of 2015, Jean-Luc Brunel sued his old friend Jeffrey Epstein, claiming that Epstein’s fall from grace had cost him millions of dollars in business and caused him “severe emotional stress.” The lawsuit claimed, “Plaintiff Brunel is emotionally destroyed 284 as a result of Epstein’s actic ness. He has been on medic It continues: “Defendar distress on Plaintiff Brune under-aged girls, which wa gal conduct was extreme ar The suit went on to qu modeling scout had gone i sense of depression related in his modeling agency as a business.” Brunel had go Rivotril-as a result. The fashion world had fr ship with Jeffrey Epstein had ble for him to find the “fresh Brunel acknowledged E own involvement. “Epsteir and extreme; they involved aged girls while the girls w of the girls with a finger or ( When the Daily Beast re Brunel for a comment, the v is not in town; he’s in South Brunel’s agency, MC2, is Jeffrey Epstein As of this writing, Jeffrey E women at his Manhattan tow¶
ERSON FILTHY RICH t for the Palm Beach Police as a result of Epstein’s actions and the resulting effects on his business. He has been on medications to deal with the effects of this. It continues: “Defendant Epstein recklessly inflicted emotional distress on Plaintiff Brunel by engaging in illegal conduct with under-aged girls, which was falsely linked to Plaintiff… This illegal conduct was extreme and outrageous by any standard.” The suit went on to quote Brunel’s doctor, who said that the modeling scout had gone into psychotherapy “due to a subjective sense of depression related to what he believes is a loss of business in his modeling agency as a result of slander published against his business.” Brunel had gone on prescription drugs-Prozac, Rivotril-as a result. The fashion world had frozen him out, he said, after his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein had become public. It had become impossible for him to find the “fresh faces” he needed for his agency, MC2. Brunel acknowledged Epstein’s alleged crimes but denied his own involvement. “Epstein’s illegal activities were outrageous and extreme; they involved receiving massages from the underaged girls while the girls were nude or nearly nude; penetration of the girls with a finger or object; or full intercourse.” When the Daily Beast reported the story and reached out to Brunel for a comment, the website’s reporter was told, “Jean-Luc is not in town; he’s in South America.” Brunel’s agency, MC2, is still in business. Jeffrey Epstein As of this writing, Jeffrey Epstein continues to entertain young women at his Manhattan town house. 285 at Mar-a-Lago, Detective Joe :ach Police Foundation Police several honors he received in ar career in Palm Beach. Two and took a job as director of Beverage company. olice Department] longer than told a reporter for the Palm m going to miss a majority of , obviously, I’m going to miss mily. Like many families, you mily members. But you overnd you’re a team. I’m going to ‘ple I’ve worked with.” el Reiter left the department in the job. He now runs his own nel sued his old friend Jeffrey l from grace had cost him miled him “severe emotional stress.” Brunel is emotionally destroyed¶