EFTA01111413 Maritza Vasquez Sworn Statement: MC2 Models, Epstein Financed Apartments, Visas, and Teenage Girls

PostedJuly 31, 2026

UpdatedJuly 31, 2026

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Snapshot

Document type: Sworn witness statement

Witness: Maritza Vasquez

Date of statement: June 15, 2010

Case: Jane Doe v. Jeffrey Epstein

Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Case number: 08 CIV 80893 MARRA/JOHNSON

Attorney conducting examination: Bradley Edwards

Transcript length: 74 pages

Primary subjects: Jeffrey Epstein, Jean Luc Brunel, MC2 Model Management, Karin Models, 301 East 66th Street, model visas, teenage models, financial support, and international recruitment

Primary evidence: Read EFTA01111413 in the Epstein Data archive

Overview

The sworn statement preserved in EFTA01111413 provides important testimony about the relationship between Jeffrey Epstein, Jean Luc Brunel, and MC2 Model Management.

The witness, identified in another publicly indexed copy of the same transcript as Maritza Vasquez, said she worked as a bookkeeper for Karin Models beginning in 1998. She continued working with the business after it became MC2 Model Management in approximately 2003. She worked in New York and Miami through 2006.

Vasquez described Epstein as a financial supporter of MC2. She testified that Epstein guaranteed a one million dollar line of credit, paid certain model visa expenses, provided apartments used by Brunel and models, and communicated instructions concerning possible modeling ventures.

Her testimony also describes teenage girls living in Epstein connected apartments and being transported by Brunel to Epstein’s Palm Beach home.

The statement is significant because Vasquez claimed direct access to MC2 financial records, model statements, apartment records, visa arrangements, and office communications. However, researchers must distinguish what she personally handled or observed from what she heard from Brunel, office manager Evelyn Valenzuela, or other people.

Key Takeaways

• Vasquez worked for Karin Models and MC2 Model Management from approximately 1998 through 2006.

• She testified that Jeffrey Epstein guaranteed a one million dollar line of credit for MC2.

• She said Epstein did not charge Brunel rent for apartments at 301 East 66th Street, while Brunel charged models approximately one thousand dollars per month to live there.

• She described model accounting statements that identified apartments at 301 East 66th Street and charged rent back to the models.

• She said approximately four models could be housed in each apartment and that some residents were thirteen, fourteen, or fifteen years old.

• She testified that Brunel personally selected which models stayed in the more expensive Epstein connected apartments.

• She said Epstein paid for certain model visas and became angry during a problem involving one model’s immigration paperwork.

• She testified that Brunel transported teenage models to Epstein’s Palm Beach residence for parties.

• She said these trips occurred approximately two or three times per year during 2003, 2004, and 2005.

• She described an internal apartment list that tracked models staying in Epstein connected units.

• She alleged that MC2 brought numerous models into the United States as tourists before obtaining proper authorization for them to work.

• She alleged that Brunel presented false financial statements to make MC2 appear profitable to Epstein.

• She described money connected to MC2 being routed through the British Virgin Islands.

• She repeatedly clarified that she did not personally witness Epstein engaging in sexual activity with minors.

Vasquez’s Role at Karin Models and MC2

Vasquez testified that she first met Jean Luc Brunel in Miami Beach in 1998. She had been hired by a Swiss investor to examine the accounts of Karin Models because the company was experiencing financial problems.

She then worked as a bookkeeper for the Miami operation. According to her statement, she continued in that role until Karin Models became MC2 Model Management in approximately 2003.

Vasquez said she worked in New York from 2003 through 2006 while remaining connected to the Miami office. Her responsibilities gave her access to model statements, apartment charges, immigration arrangements, financial records, and communications involving Brunel’s business.

She said she met Epstein only once, at an MC2 opening party in Manhattan during approximately 2003 or 2004. This limitation is important. Much of her strongest testimony concerns documents she handled and events within the MC2 office, rather than personal interaction with Epstein.

Read the opening testimony concerning Karin Models and MC2 in EFTA01111414

Related EpsteinWiki article: MC2 Model Management

Related EpsteinWiki article: Jean Luc Brunel

Epstein’s Financial Support for MC2

Vasquez testified that Epstein provided money to MC2 and acted as guarantor for a one million dollar line of credit.

She said she personally transported the relevant paperwork to Mellon Bank in Miami. According to her account, the bank would not approve the credit arrangement without Epstein’s signature. The documents were therefore returned to New York, where Epstein signed them.

Vasquez described the credit as coming directly from JPMorgan, with Epstein assuming responsibility as guarantor.

This testimony provides a concrete financial connection between Epstein and Brunel’s agency. It goes beyond evidence that the two men were merely friends or social acquaintances.

Read the testimony concerning Epstein’s one million dollar guarantee in EFTA01111416

Vasquez also claimed that MC2 was consistently losing money. She alleged that Brunel supplied false financial statements showing positive numbers because Epstein wanted proof that the agency was profitable before providing financial support.

She said accountant Richard Fernandez possessed records that could show the company’s actual financial condition.

Read the testimony concerning MC2 financial statements in EFTA01111420

The Apartments at 301 East 66th Street

One of the most important portions of the statement concerns apartments at 301 East 66th Street in Manhattan.

Vasquez testified that Epstein owned or controlled multiple apartments at that address. She said MC2 office manager Evelyn Valenzuela communicated with Epstein’s office and handled payments for utilities associated with the units.

According to Vasquez, Brunel lived in an Epstein connected apartment without paying rent. Brunel then charged models approximately one thousand dollars per month to stay in other apartments at the property.

Vasquez said she knew about these charges because she prepared model accounting statements. Those statements reportedly identified specific units at 301 East 66th Street.

Read the apartment and model chargeback testimony in EFTA01111415

Vasquez estimated that MC2 used two or three apartments at the property, with approximately four models housed in each unit. She said MC2 maintained a model apartment list showing who stayed in the apartments.

She also described a weekly list used to track models entering and leaving Epstein connected units. According to the statement, Valenzuela handled purchases and living expenses for the apartments and retained detailed information about the residents.

Read the testimony concerning weekly apartment lists in EFTA01111426

Related EpsteinWiki article: 301 East 66th Street

Related EpsteinWiki article: How Jeffrey Epstein’s Business and Trafficking System Worked

Teenage Models Living in the Apartments

Vasquez testified that some girls housed in the apartments were thirteen or fourteen years old. She said other models connected to MC2 began working with the agency at approximately thirteen, fourteen, or fifteen.

She described one incident involving a girl who was approximately thirteen or fourteen and who reportedly attempted to enter a Miami Beach nightclub. Vasquez said she brought the girl to her own home and restricted her from going out at night because the child lacked parental supervision.

The transcript also addresses the broader vulnerability of young international models. Vasquez agreed that underage models could enter the United States without their parents and remain without meaningful parental supervision.

Her testimony does not prove that every young model residing in an Epstein connected apartment was abused. It does establish that MC2 housed teenage girls, including minors, in apartments connected to Epstein and controlled by Brunel.

Read the testimony concerning underage models in EFTA01111417

Read the discussion of parental supervision in EFTA01111422

Brunel Transported Teenage Models to Epstein’s Home

Vasquez testified that she arranged transportation when Brunel took models to Epstein’s Palm Beach residence. She said Brunel personally drove the girls.

She recalled one occasion involving four Brazilian models. Later in the statement, she agreed that all four were minors and estimated their ages as approximately fourteen, fifteen, or sixteen.

Vasquez said Brunel announced in the office that there was a party at Epstein’s house and that he was taking the girls. She estimated that Brunel brought underage models to Epstein’s Palm Beach residence approximately two or three times per year during 2003, 2004, and 2005.

Read the testimony concerning transportation to Epstein’s house in EFTA01111417

Read the testimony concerning teenage girls taken to Epstein’s residence in EFTA01111418

Read the testimony concerning the frequency of the trips in EFTA01111425

This is one of the document’s most consequential claims. It places Brunel in an operational role involving the selection and transportation of teenage models to Epstein’s property.

At the same time, Vasquez repeatedly stated that she did not witness sexual activity between Epstein and any of the models. Her testimony establishes transportation, housing, financial connections, and office knowledge. It does not provide direct eyewitness testimony about what occurred inside Epstein’s home.

Model Visas and Immigration Arrangements

Vasquez testified that she provided model names to immigration attorney Luis Font in Miami. She said Valenzuela handled visa matters in New York and occasionally consulted another attorney.

According to Vasquez, Epstein paid directly for certain model visas. She recalled one immigration problem that caused Epstein to telephone the office and become angry with Brunel and Valenzuela.

Vasquez also alleged that numerous models initially entered the United States as tourists and worked without employment authorization, Social Security numbers, or proper documentation. She said MC2 collected commissions from their earnings despite those circumstances.

She claimed that Epstein later pressured Brunel to obtain visas because Epstein did not want legal trouble.

Read the visa testimony in EFTA01111417

Read the testimony concerning models entering as tourists in EFTA01111420

These statements show how immigration sponsorship, agency contracts, housing, and financial dependency could place young foreign models under substantial control. The transcript does not establish that every visa was improper. It does identify specific practices that investigators could compare with immigration records, agency contracts, and payment documentation.

British Virgin Islands Account and Unreported Payments

Vasquez testified that money connected to MC2 was transferred through the British Virgin Islands.

She claimed that Brunel opened an account there after Epstein advised him that it would be advantageous. She described a system in which money from modeling assignments could be routed through another company while models received smaller cash payments.

Vasquez alleged that some of this income was not properly reported and that models could receive only a small portion of the amount generated by a job.

These are allegations from a witness with access to MC2 bookkeeping. The transcript does not include the underlying bank statements, tax filings, or corporate records necessary to independently confirm each transaction.

Read the British Virgin Islands account testimony in EFTA01111421

What Vasquez Said About Brunel

Vasquez offered direct and indirect testimony concerning Brunel’s behavior.

She said Brunel once stated that he wished he could sleep with a girl who was underage. Vasquez said she warned him that the girl was a minor.

She also testified that Brunel used cocaine and that she had personally observed evidence of his drug use. She characterized his cocaine use as longstanding.

When asked about Brunel’s use of the modeling industry to access underage girls, Vasquez answered affirmatively. She made clear that her knowledge of Brunel was substantially greater than her knowledge of Epstein because she had worked around Brunel for approximately ten years.

Read Vasquez’s testimony concerning Brunel in EFTA01111418

Related EpsteinWiki article: The Network of Jean Luc Brunel

What the Witness Did Not Establish

The evidentiary limits of the statement are as important as its allegations.

Vasquez said she met Epstein only once and may have spoken with him by telephone once. She did not claim that she personally witnessed Epstein sexually abusing a minor.

When questioned about sexual activity inside Epstein’s residences, she repeatedly said she did not know what occurred. She explained that she would not invent a story or claim to have seen something she had not witnessed.

Some statements about Epstein’s sexual interests came from Brunel, Valenzuela, or office conversations. Those statements are hearsay within this transcript unless independently corroborated.

Questions asked by Bradley Edwards are not evidence by themselves. Only the witness’s answers represent her testimony.

The transcript is therefore strongest when documenting subjects within Vasquez’s own work, including bookkeeping, apartment charges, model lists, visa coordination, transportation arrangements, and MC2 financial records.

Read Vasquez’s clarification of the limits of her knowledge in EFTA01111427

Potential Corroborating Records Identified by the Witness

Vasquez identified several categories of records and witnesses that could corroborate or challenge her account.

• MC2 model apartment lists

• Weekly apartment occupancy records

• Model statements showing rent charges

• Utility payments for apartments at 301 East 66th Street

• The one million dollar credit agreement guaranteed by Epstein

• Mellon Bank and JPMorgan records

• MC2 profit and loss statements

• Richard Fernandez’s accounting records

• Visa applications and supporting contracts

• Immigration attorney Luis Font’s files

• Evelyn Valenzuela’s apartment and visa records

• Bank records connected to the British Virgin Islands

• MC2 computers containing photographs and agency information

Vasquez specifically identified Valenzuela as the person most likely to possess detailed information about the New York apartments and their residents.

Read the discussion of potential witnesses and records in EFTA01111428

Why This Document Matters

EFTA01111413 connects several components of the Epstein network within one sworn evidentiary record.

The testimony links Epstein’s money to MC2 Model Management. It links Epstein connected real estate to Brunel’s model housing. It links model housing to teenage residents. It links visa sponsorship to financial dependency. Finally, it places Brunel in the role of transporting teenage models to Epstein’s Palm Beach residence.

The statement does not independently prove every allegation made during the examination. However, it identifies a documented infrastructure involving financing, housing, immigration assistance, model recruitment, accounting records, and transportation.

That infrastructure helps explain why MC2 was more important to Epstein than an ordinary social connection to a modeling executive.