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From: Jeff Fuller
Date: 11/12/2014 11:49 (GMT-05:00)
To: Jean Luc Brunel
Subject: RE: New York
Jean Luc,
I am really sorry you feel so bad and I know it has been a mental and psychological frustration. As you
know I chose to partner with you due to your reputation in the business for being a top scout and
developing a couple world class agencies in the past. I knew what you could bring and I knew what I
could bring and contribute and I thought it would be a great partnership. Clearly, I never expected to
have the level of challenges we have had recruiting new models over the last several years. I could have
never foreseen the problem of your friendship with Jeffrey Epstein turning into the situation it has
where you are seen as guilty by association when you have never done anything or even been convicted
of a crime. Frankly, I don't understand the necessity for Conchita Sarnoff or anyone else to continue to
defame your name and MC2 by association.
It is true that we constantly have to justify ourselves when recruiting new models. The industry is
extremely competitive and as a parent myself if faced by the same information and having to make a
tough decision between too agencies I would not pick MC2 if I saw the article online about you. You
have to read closely to see there is not a charge against you but the implication is strong and of course
now days everyone believes everything they read online even more than the traditional newspapers of
the past.
I know you are now feeling like a liability to MC2. But you personally are not a liability to MC2 but this
published information online is a liability. We are not a large enough company, nor do we have the
capacity to fight this on a global level. On a google search in America we have put enough information
online to not have it popping up so blatantly but we have no controls over the rest of the world or the
finances to control this situation and we are affected as every major model agency recruits it's best
models from all the various countries abroad. This has stunted our growth and our billing over the past
6 or 7 years. In fact, we do not even know who avoids us based on finding this information. I have been
surprised how challenging it is for us to grow due to this problem.
I have also had a tremendous amount of worries from our clients that we are vendors for that are large
American corporations likes Kohls, JC Penney, Sears, Nordstrom, Target, Neiman Marcus, Macys, Saks,
Belk, and so forth that require vendor agreements and for us to be considered an upstanding
company. It really worries me as some of those companies have disassociated themselves from what
they believe to be questionable companies. So far that has not been a problem but it could come up in
the future.
The fact that you are requested for so many scouting events in various countries and cannot promote
yourself properly to promote MC2 in the press due this problem has it's own sent of repercussions in
terms of our global branding. In short, it has had a terrible effect on MC2 all around. I really urge you
to solve this problem and get this removed from the internet so we can grow for the future. I've fought
for MC2 and been extremely loyal but I must confess that I have even been feeling inadequate and
questioning my ability as the leader of the organization. I can only attribute the fact that we have
scraped by in the recession and barely survived in the past to your hard work, my hard work, and the
tenacity of both of us combined.
I can only imagine that if I am feeling inadequate and frustrated over a lack of growth of our company
that you must feel even worse as you have had much greater success in your career and have operated
at much higher standards in our industry in all areas from reputation, respect, admiration and monetary
gains. I can even surmise you are probably feeling a level of depression and I have seen it in your highs
and lows and when you have voiced your frustration. While I know you well and recognize you don't
really go for the kind of advice I will offer; however, I think you should at least speak to someone neutral
such as a therapist or a counselor to let your frustrations out and if you don't feel better and are still
feeling down or depressed to see a medical doctor for your condition. You are such a positive person I
hate to see you fighting what you feel is a hopeless battle. It is not hopeless you just need find a way to
get that information offline and begin to repair your reputation. In the end I am afraid the damages are
a lot more than you realize but let's keep fighting and moving forward as we have no choice.
Thanks,
Jeff
Jeff Fuller
President
MC2 Model Management USA
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