1 00:00:07,563 --> 00:00:10,483 (eerie music) 2 00:00:10,563 --> 00:00:14,203 - [Woman] The modelling industry want to buy innocence, 3 00:00:14,283 --> 00:00:15,963 and then exploit it, 4 00:00:16,043 --> 00:00:18,043 and they don't care about destroying it. 5 00:00:21,203 --> 00:00:23,523 - [Woman] I was 15 and he was 42. 6 00:00:24,523 --> 00:00:28,083 Next thing I knew he was pressed down on top of me. 7 00:00:29,723 --> 00:00:31,723 I was a virgin at the time. 8 00:00:32,843 --> 00:00:34,563 - [Man] They gave each other points 9 00:00:34,643 --> 00:00:36,803 for the models that they slept with. 10 00:00:36,883 --> 00:00:39,163 And virgins got higher points. 11 00:00:39,243 --> 00:00:41,803 - [Woman] These men were perfecting a system 12 00:00:41,883 --> 00:00:44,443 that had been developed over the course of decades. 13 00:00:46,323 --> 00:00:49,203 - [Woman] The agency was manipulating me. 14 00:00:49,283 --> 00:00:54,283 I was being groomed for rape and being sold as party favours. 15 00:01:09,003 --> 00:01:10,123 - We have been groomed. 16 00:01:10,203 --> 00:01:12,203 We have been conditioned. 17 00:01:13,283 --> 00:01:14,363 And it's out there. 18 00:01:14,443 --> 00:01:17,563 It's not anything that's hidden, totally blatant. 19 00:01:34,843 --> 00:01:39,843 - I turned 20 and then went to Paris in February of 1980. 20 00:01:42,883 --> 00:01:46,563 Gerald Marie had been to Los Angeles to meet with models, 21 00:01:46,643 --> 00:01:49,603 to see who he wanted to recruit to come to Paris. 22 00:01:49,683 --> 00:01:51,683 And he picked me. 23 00:01:54,163 --> 00:01:57,443 At that time, Gerald was the head of Paris Planning. 24 00:01:57,523 --> 00:02:01,923 I think it was the best agency in Paris at the time. 25 00:02:04,683 --> 00:02:08,003 I was so excited and I thought, okay, I'm on my way. 26 00:02:08,083 --> 00:02:10,083 This is great. 27 00:02:15,083 --> 00:02:16,803 When I went into the agency, 28 00:02:16,883 --> 00:02:21,403 Gerald came bouncing down the stairs in his leather outfit, 29 00:02:21,483 --> 00:02:22,763 and his hair all curly. 30 00:02:22,843 --> 00:02:26,443 And he was a peacock. 31 00:02:26,523 --> 00:02:31,123 He was confident, and he was friendly, very friendly. 32 00:02:31,203 --> 00:02:33,203 So I felt comfortable with him, 33 00:02:34,403 --> 00:02:36,883 but he had complete power, 34 00:02:36,963 --> 00:02:41,203 and the magazines would literally 35 00:02:41,283 --> 00:02:42,763 ask him who to hire. 36 00:02:42,843 --> 00:02:45,483 He could have made anybody's career, 37 00:02:45,563 --> 00:02:47,563 or sabotaged anyone's career. 38 00:02:47,643 --> 00:02:52,323 - Eventually Elite saw that Gerald Marie 39 00:02:52,403 --> 00:02:54,403 was a significant competitor. 40 00:02:54,483 --> 00:02:58,123 And one of the owners of Elite decided 41 00:02:58,203 --> 00:03:01,443 that he wanted Gerald Marie to come to Elite 42 00:03:01,523 --> 00:03:03,963 and stop being a successful competitor 43 00:03:04,043 --> 00:03:06,083 at the Paris Planning Agency. 44 00:03:40,243 --> 00:03:44,523 - Back then agents were perceived to almost be gods 45 00:03:44,603 --> 00:03:46,603 walking on water. 46 00:03:47,203 --> 00:03:49,123 ♪ I need you tonight ♪ 47 00:03:49,203 --> 00:03:54,083 - They yielded the power above everybody. 48 00:03:54,163 --> 00:03:57,243 Agencies were the heart of the business, 49 00:03:57,323 --> 00:04:00,763 photographers, hairdressers, makeup artists, models, 50 00:04:00,843 --> 00:04:04,843 everything had to go through the model agency. 51 00:04:04,923 --> 00:04:09,123 ♪ I'm lonely ♪ 52 00:04:09,203 --> 00:04:10,203 ♪ I can take it off ♪ 53 00:04:10,283 --> 00:04:15,443 - It was very exciting to scout a model, develop a model, 54 00:04:15,523 --> 00:04:18,283 and then to proudly 55 00:04:18,363 --> 00:04:22,083 submit that model to Elite Europe. 56 00:04:22,163 --> 00:04:27,163 And as an agent, I was the ambassador to help that happen. 57 00:04:28,043 --> 00:04:31,603 However, the honeymoon would be over 58 00:04:31,683 --> 00:04:35,043 when I started to hear stories of Gerald Marie. 59 00:04:36,723 --> 00:04:39,163 (dark music) 60 00:04:42,803 --> 00:04:45,083 - When I was told that I was gonna go stay 61 00:04:45,163 --> 00:04:47,443 with the boss of the agency, 62 00:04:47,523 --> 00:04:50,403 I actually thought that that was a good sign. 63 00:04:52,563 --> 00:04:56,683 After that initial rape by Gerald Marie, 64 00:04:56,763 --> 00:05:01,203 I would endure continuing assault. 65 00:05:07,323 --> 00:05:09,443 The dissociation that took place, 66 00:05:10,683 --> 00:05:14,803 there was a separation from myself just to survive. 67 00:05:14,883 --> 00:05:19,163 And when I continued to work after that, 68 00:05:19,243 --> 00:05:20,843 I mean, you know the face, 69 00:05:20,923 --> 00:05:23,163 I knew the face that was expected of me. 70 00:05:26,763 --> 00:05:29,563 I felt at that time that I had to put up with it, 71 00:05:29,643 --> 00:05:32,843 because I would stop working, I would lose my job. 72 00:05:32,923 --> 00:05:34,363 I would lose the roof over my head. 73 00:05:34,443 --> 00:05:36,963 I would lose everything. 74 00:05:37,043 --> 00:05:40,203 (somber piano music) 75 00:05:43,803 --> 00:05:45,803 I got a break with French Elle, 76 00:05:49,123 --> 00:05:52,483 and in some ways I believe that that was this like, okay, 77 00:05:52,563 --> 00:05:55,363 you're doing what I want you to do, here you go. 78 00:05:55,443 --> 00:05:57,443 Here's a break for you. 79 00:05:58,643 --> 00:06:01,323 Nothing in my life was in my control. 80 00:06:01,403 --> 00:06:03,523 Gerald really held me hostage. 81 00:07:25,123 --> 00:07:27,643 (rock music) 82 00:07:38,003 --> 00:07:39,803 - In 1992, 83 00:07:39,883 --> 00:07:43,203 after I was discovered by John Casablancas, 84 00:07:43,283 --> 00:07:46,963 Elite proposed the idea of coming to Paris. 85 00:07:49,643 --> 00:07:52,283 They said Linda and Gerald have seen your pictures 86 00:07:52,363 --> 00:07:53,803 and they love you. 87 00:07:53,883 --> 00:07:55,883 We're gonna take you under our wing. 88 00:08:01,203 --> 00:08:05,563 I was 15 at the time and I was on my own, this trip. 89 00:08:05,643 --> 00:08:10,123 The agency assured my mother that they would have 90 00:08:10,203 --> 00:08:12,443 a chaperone affiliated with the agency. 91 00:08:12,523 --> 00:08:13,843 But when I got there, 92 00:08:13,923 --> 00:08:16,203 there wasn't anyone there. 93 00:08:18,843 --> 00:08:22,123 - I had already been working at the agency 94 00:08:22,203 --> 00:08:24,203 when Shawna was brought in. 95 00:08:24,803 --> 00:08:28,003 Shawna's mother wanted the best for her daughter. 96 00:08:28,083 --> 00:08:31,483 And she had three agency owners 97 00:08:31,563 --> 00:08:32,923 from the small town agency. 98 00:08:33,003 --> 00:08:34,403 She had everybody at Elite. 99 00:08:34,483 --> 00:08:37,403 She had all of these people flying in all over the world 100 00:08:37,483 --> 00:08:40,243 to comfort her and to build her confidence 101 00:08:40,323 --> 00:08:42,323 that Shawna was gonna be taken care of. 102 00:08:44,563 --> 00:08:48,403 A whole period of grooming the parents 103 00:08:48,483 --> 00:08:50,283 is part of this process, 104 00:08:50,363 --> 00:08:51,683 because once they trusted you 105 00:08:51,763 --> 00:08:53,523 they'll hand you over their children. 106 00:08:53,603 --> 00:08:56,043 It's so much easier to control a 15 year old 107 00:08:56,123 --> 00:08:58,403 when they can't run to their mom. 108 00:09:00,563 --> 00:09:03,923 - The shoots in Paris were definitely a little more risqué. 109 00:09:04,003 --> 00:09:06,003 I remember one shoot I did, 110 00:09:06,083 --> 00:09:09,043 they had me in lingerie and they wrapped me up 111 00:09:09,123 --> 00:09:12,643 in this like lace bondage type outfit. 112 00:09:12,723 --> 00:09:16,803 And I remember thinking it was really weird, but you know, 113 00:09:16,883 --> 00:09:19,723 I was just like, okay, when in Paris. 114 00:09:19,803 --> 00:09:21,443 I figured that they were professional 115 00:09:21,523 --> 00:09:23,803 and that I trusted them to guide my career. 116 00:09:29,643 --> 00:09:32,203 - In Paris, I was starting to work. 117 00:09:32,283 --> 00:09:34,803 I was getting, I was getting work. 118 00:09:34,883 --> 00:09:37,483 I knew that I should have a chunk of money, you know, 119 00:09:37,563 --> 00:09:40,683 maybe $1,500, $2,000. 120 00:09:40,763 --> 00:09:43,763 But I think I was probably given like a hundred dollars. 121 00:09:46,283 --> 00:09:50,923 I was so alone in a foreign country with no money, 122 00:09:51,003 --> 00:09:53,003 not knowing what to do. 123 00:09:57,203 --> 00:09:58,963 My booker started sending me 124 00:09:59,043 --> 00:10:01,163 to fashion industry parties at night. 125 00:10:03,243 --> 00:10:06,083 I thought, okay, fashion parties, that sounds great. 126 00:10:06,163 --> 00:10:08,603 But the parties that I was sent to 127 00:10:08,683 --> 00:10:11,923 were all held in big mansions, 128 00:10:12,003 --> 00:10:14,443 and it was all older businessmen 129 00:10:14,523 --> 00:10:16,523 from all around the world. 130 00:10:19,723 --> 00:10:23,963 And it became obvious that we were there 131 00:10:24,043 --> 00:10:26,323 to make the party look pretty. 132 00:10:27,723 --> 00:10:29,723 We were being used. 133 00:10:36,883 --> 00:10:39,763 I was getting attacked at some of these parties 134 00:10:39,843 --> 00:10:41,843 by the men that were there. 135 00:10:42,963 --> 00:10:47,363 One night, I was driven home by a man. 136 00:10:47,443 --> 00:10:52,163 And then he broke through my hotel, 137 00:10:52,243 --> 00:10:53,243 chased me upstairs, 138 00:10:53,323 --> 00:10:55,003 broke into my room, 139 00:10:55,083 --> 00:10:58,443 ripped my clothes off and jumped on me. 140 00:10:58,523 --> 00:11:00,523 And I fought him off. 141 00:11:02,963 --> 00:11:05,683 Next day, I went to Paris Planning and said, 142 00:11:05,763 --> 00:11:07,843 no more parties, I can't do this anymore. 143 00:11:08,923 --> 00:11:12,163 And Gerald bounced out of his chair and said, 144 00:11:12,243 --> 00:11:14,243 no parties, no interviews. 145 00:11:16,483 --> 00:11:18,883 It wasn't until I was in my 50's 146 00:11:18,963 --> 00:11:21,763 that I was able to connect the dots. 147 00:11:21,843 --> 00:11:24,443 The agency was manipulating me. 148 00:11:25,323 --> 00:11:27,563 I was being groomed for rape. 149 00:11:37,203 --> 00:11:39,883 (uptempo music) 150 00:11:51,483 --> 00:11:53,963 - I'd been at Prestige for one month 151 00:11:54,043 --> 00:11:56,043 before I decided to leave. 152 00:11:56,123 --> 00:11:57,763 Claude was making me feel, 153 00:11:57,843 --> 00:11:59,923 I was supposed to be playing a role 154 00:12:00,003 --> 00:12:01,963 of some kind of bouncy, young little girl 155 00:12:02,043 --> 00:12:04,283 that looked up to this father figure. 156 00:12:06,843 --> 00:12:08,763 And then when he became physical with me, 157 00:12:08,843 --> 00:12:12,483 and grabbing the shirt and the skirt and everything, 158 00:12:12,563 --> 00:12:14,883 I just was like, I can't be around this person. 159 00:12:14,963 --> 00:12:16,963 And so I got out of there, 160 00:12:17,683 --> 00:12:21,683 and I was proud of myself for pulling myself up and saying, 161 00:12:21,763 --> 00:12:23,763 I don't have to stay here. 162 00:12:25,323 --> 00:12:28,763 So I had lined up this meeting with Karin's. 163 00:12:30,243 --> 00:12:31,963 Karin's had an excellent reputation. 164 00:12:32,043 --> 00:12:33,083 You really wanted to work there 165 00:12:33,163 --> 00:12:35,163 if you could get in the door. 166 00:12:37,043 --> 00:12:39,043 And it was run by Jean-Luc Brunel. 167 00:12:40,123 --> 00:12:42,283 - I want to ask you something. 168 00:12:42,363 --> 00:12:43,723 That little girl, Carol. 169 00:12:43,803 --> 00:12:44,523 - Yes? 170 00:12:44,603 --> 00:12:45,443 - I really like her. 171 00:12:45,523 --> 00:12:46,963 - She's beautiful. - Yeah. 172 00:12:47,043 --> 00:12:49,123 Do you think I could represent her in Paris. 173 00:12:49,203 --> 00:12:51,043 - I have to talk to her mother. 174 00:12:51,123 --> 00:12:55,283 - Jean-Luc Brunel was apparently from a decent family 175 00:12:55,363 --> 00:12:59,363 who got involved I think in opening clubs and restaurants, 176 00:12:59,443 --> 00:13:01,363 started dating pretty girls, 177 00:13:01,443 --> 00:13:03,523 graduated to dating models, 178 00:13:03,603 --> 00:13:08,603 and a model asked him to help her run an agency. 179 00:13:09,243 --> 00:13:13,363 And Brunel became the swordsman partner. 180 00:13:13,443 --> 00:13:17,203 And rather quickly got a reputation 181 00:13:17,283 --> 00:13:19,963 as a guy who would jump the bones 182 00:13:20,043 --> 00:13:22,043 of any girl who crossed his path. 183 00:13:23,203 --> 00:13:24,643 In an interview for my book, 184 00:13:24,723 --> 00:13:27,523 I asked Jean-Luc about the culture of model agents 185 00:13:27,603 --> 00:13:29,083 and his life as an agent. 186 00:13:29,163 --> 00:13:32,203 And he was surprisingly candid about his values. 187 00:13:52,563 --> 00:13:56,163 (soft piano music) 188 00:13:56,243 --> 00:13:58,403 - Unfortunately Karin's said, oh no, no, 189 00:13:58,483 --> 00:14:00,443 we've taken all the girls that we can now. 190 00:14:00,523 --> 00:14:02,123 And I'm like, 191 00:14:02,203 --> 00:14:04,203 frick. 192 00:14:05,483 --> 00:14:06,883 I kept checking in weekly. 193 00:14:06,963 --> 00:14:09,963 And one day Jean-Luc came by and said, 194 00:14:10,043 --> 00:14:11,763 you need to lose more weight in your face, 195 00:14:11,843 --> 00:14:13,483 come back next week. 196 00:14:13,563 --> 00:14:16,883 And so I'd be on these missions of just dropping weight, 197 00:14:16,963 --> 00:14:18,163 and I'd come back in again. 198 00:14:18,243 --> 00:14:20,443 And Jean-Luc was like, nope, you gotta lose more. 199 00:14:20,523 --> 00:14:21,723 And I'm like, how much more? 200 00:14:21,803 --> 00:14:25,003 Like it was getting to the point where it was ridiculous. 201 00:14:25,083 --> 00:14:27,083 I needed to work. 202 00:14:27,483 --> 00:14:29,563 It was hard to make ends meet. 203 00:14:29,643 --> 00:14:32,523 And as a foreigner, I can't really just go start working. 204 00:14:32,603 --> 00:14:35,123 I didn't speak French well enough to do that. 205 00:14:35,203 --> 00:14:37,843 So I was really dependent completely 206 00:14:37,923 --> 00:14:39,923 on the modelling for my money. 207 00:14:43,643 --> 00:14:47,443 With these predators, you know, it's an instinct. 208 00:14:47,523 --> 00:14:49,123 I was desperate. 209 00:14:49,203 --> 00:14:52,043 And so he already knew he had this power over me. 210 00:14:53,363 --> 00:14:55,123 With other stories I've heard about other girls, 211 00:14:55,203 --> 00:14:57,803 where they've run away from home, 212 00:14:57,883 --> 00:15:00,763 or they have nothing and they can smell that. 213 00:15:00,843 --> 00:15:02,843 They know. 214 00:15:12,203 --> 00:15:14,963 - After the whole party incident, 215 00:15:15,043 --> 00:15:16,403 I was running out of money. 216 00:15:16,483 --> 00:15:18,483 I was miserable. 217 00:15:18,843 --> 00:15:21,723 So I decided to talk to Gerald, 218 00:15:21,803 --> 00:15:25,603 and I was terrified to talk to him, but I did. 219 00:15:25,683 --> 00:15:29,603 I confronted him and politely asked him 220 00:15:30,523 --> 00:15:35,243 to send me out to the big clients because I need to work. 221 00:15:35,323 --> 00:15:38,963 So he agreed, and he said, okay, 222 00:15:39,043 --> 00:15:41,123 there's no reason why you shouldn't be able to make it. 223 00:15:41,203 --> 00:15:43,203 I'll send you out. 224 00:15:43,643 --> 00:15:47,523 Right after he said he would support me, 225 00:15:47,603 --> 00:15:50,403 I landed a job for a major magazine. 226 00:15:52,043 --> 00:15:55,003 I was really excited and really hopeful, 227 00:15:55,083 --> 00:15:57,763 and started dreaming again. 228 00:15:57,843 --> 00:16:00,163 Like, you know, maybe I can get the good jobs, 229 00:16:01,563 --> 00:16:05,203 but it seems very controlling, when I look at it now. 230 00:16:12,723 --> 00:16:15,963 - One day I showed up at the agency. 231 00:16:16,043 --> 00:16:20,363 Jean-Luc, he was like, okay, all right, you can come. 232 00:16:20,443 --> 00:16:23,923 And tomorrow I want you to call me between five and seven. 233 00:16:24,003 --> 00:16:24,763 I'm like call you? 234 00:16:24,843 --> 00:16:25,603 And he goes, yeah. 235 00:16:25,683 --> 00:16:28,123 And I got his home number. 236 00:16:28,203 --> 00:16:30,203 So I felt like now I'm in. 237 00:16:41,843 --> 00:16:44,443 - After my Elle cover, 238 00:16:44,523 --> 00:16:49,443 and when these dynamics continued, I was miserable. 239 00:16:49,523 --> 00:16:52,283 I was depressed, I was scared. 240 00:16:52,363 --> 00:16:55,123 I was exhausted, I was traumatised. 241 00:16:55,203 --> 00:16:59,203 Whatever facade I had been holding up, 242 00:16:59,283 --> 00:17:00,923 like it just started to break. 243 00:17:01,003 --> 00:17:03,923 Like the tough kid just started to break. 244 00:17:09,843 --> 00:17:14,843 There was one time that Gerald made another advance at me. 245 00:17:15,883 --> 00:17:17,883 And I pushed back. 246 00:17:18,643 --> 00:17:20,683 I just remember in the moment expressing, like, 247 00:17:20,763 --> 00:17:23,083 I can't do this, I don't wanna do this. 248 00:17:23,163 --> 00:17:27,563 And it was like, like a switch that flipped. 249 00:17:30,123 --> 00:17:32,443 I knew what the no would mean for me, 250 00:17:32,523 --> 00:17:35,643 and that everything was about to change again. 251 00:17:35,723 --> 00:17:38,963 And it was clear to me, not for the better. 252 00:17:41,323 --> 00:17:44,883 (crowd murmuring) 253 00:17:44,963 --> 00:17:48,443 - One night Gerald invited me 254 00:17:48,523 --> 00:17:51,563 and another model to go to dinner. 255 00:17:51,643 --> 00:17:53,523 He said there would be other people. 256 00:17:53,603 --> 00:17:57,483 So we went to dinner and there weren't other people. 257 00:17:59,283 --> 00:18:02,763 It was just the other model, me and Gerald. 258 00:18:02,843 --> 00:18:04,803 We were talking and having fun and laughing. 259 00:18:04,883 --> 00:18:08,443 And he said, let's go back to my house and talk some more. 260 00:18:08,523 --> 00:18:10,523 So we all went there. 261 00:18:11,443 --> 00:18:13,883 (soft music) 262 00:18:18,563 --> 00:18:21,643 After a while, my roommate said she was leaving 263 00:18:21,723 --> 00:18:23,643 because she had a booking in the morning, 264 00:18:23,723 --> 00:18:25,723 and I said, I'm gonna stay longer. 265 00:18:25,803 --> 00:18:27,803 I was just having so much fun. 266 00:18:28,923 --> 00:18:33,163 I didn't have any second thoughts. 267 00:18:33,243 --> 00:18:35,243 I felt completely safe. 268 00:18:36,683 --> 00:18:40,363 Then at some point he leaned over and kissed me. 269 00:18:41,523 --> 00:18:45,123 And I was surprised that I, I actually liked it. 270 00:18:45,203 --> 00:18:50,163 And I felt like I was back in California on a date. 271 00:18:51,683 --> 00:18:53,683 Then we were talking some more. 272 00:18:54,443 --> 00:18:57,443 And then he called me into his bedroom. 273 00:18:57,523 --> 00:18:59,603 He was sitting at the foot of the bed, 274 00:18:59,683 --> 00:19:02,483 watching a John Wayne movie in black and white. 275 00:19:02,563 --> 00:19:03,843 He said, come, come see this. 276 00:19:03,923 --> 00:19:05,043 This is funny. 277 00:19:05,123 --> 00:19:07,963 And so I sat next to him and was watching it. 278 00:19:10,603 --> 00:19:13,563 He leaned over and kissed me again. 279 00:19:15,843 --> 00:19:18,403 And then he just 280 00:19:19,483 --> 00:19:22,243 grabbed me and raped me, 281 00:19:23,563 --> 00:19:24,803 violently. 282 00:19:24,883 --> 00:19:27,283 (dark music) 283 00:19:30,403 --> 00:19:34,563 I could not get away from him, he had a grip on me so tight. 284 00:19:35,763 --> 00:19:38,203 I was screaming for him to stop. 285 00:19:38,283 --> 00:19:43,283 And I was scared and he wouldn't stop until he was finished. 286 00:19:44,323 --> 00:19:46,803 And then he just went to sleep. 287 00:19:47,963 --> 00:19:51,123 And I laid there crying 288 00:19:52,163 --> 00:19:56,163 for hours, just silently, as quietly as possible, crying. 289 00:19:57,483 --> 00:19:59,523 I was just literally 290 00:20:01,203 --> 00:20:02,843 scared and in shock. 291 00:20:02,923 --> 00:20:07,123 And he was sleeping next to me as if nothing had happened. 292 00:20:13,803 --> 00:20:16,043 As soon as I saw a tiny bit of light, 293 00:20:16,123 --> 00:20:19,563 I grabbed my clothes and got out. 294 00:20:22,683 --> 00:20:26,083 My mind would go from panicked thoughts 295 00:20:26,163 --> 00:20:30,283 to being catatonic and not able to have a thought. 296 00:20:32,923 --> 00:20:37,043 And then I started to tell myself that I wasn't raped. 297 00:20:37,123 --> 00:20:39,123 I think it was a survival mechanism. 298 00:20:48,763 --> 00:20:51,883 (rock music) 299 00:20:51,963 --> 00:20:55,563 ♪ Wandering stars ♪ 300 00:20:55,643 --> 00:20:57,963 ♪ For whom it is preserved ♪ 301 00:20:58,043 --> 00:20:59,603 - [Shawna] At that point in time, 302 00:20:59,683 --> 00:21:01,843 I was living in this model apartment 303 00:21:01,923 --> 00:21:03,603 full of a lot of girls. 304 00:21:03,683 --> 00:21:07,123 ♪ Wandering stars. ♪ 305 00:21:07,203 --> 00:21:09,403 - All the girls were getting invited out, 306 00:21:09,483 --> 00:21:12,963 so I just thought it was an opportunity to network, 307 00:21:13,043 --> 00:21:16,323 and to make friends, I mean, I was 15 in Paris. 308 00:21:19,203 --> 00:21:22,763 One evening I was out with some models from the apartment. 309 00:21:22,843 --> 00:21:25,483 We were invited to the Bandouche, 310 00:21:25,563 --> 00:21:29,523 which was a popular nightclub in the modelling industry. 311 00:21:32,523 --> 00:21:35,363 I was kind of mingling and talking to different people. 312 00:21:35,443 --> 00:21:37,923 And then Gerald would kind of come over 313 00:21:38,003 --> 00:21:39,243 every once in a while, 314 00:21:39,323 --> 00:21:42,363 and he would like lean in and he'd be talking to me. 315 00:21:42,443 --> 00:21:46,043 I was wondering why he kind of kept coming over. 316 00:21:48,683 --> 00:21:52,083 And then eventually I was kind of by myself 317 00:21:52,163 --> 00:21:55,203 and he offered me a ride home. 318 00:22:01,243 --> 00:22:02,003 At one point, 319 00:22:02,083 --> 00:22:05,203 I realised that he was going the wrong direction. 320 00:22:05,283 --> 00:22:10,043 He was going across the river instead of to my apartment, 321 00:22:10,123 --> 00:22:12,123 which was very close to the club. 322 00:22:15,563 --> 00:22:19,643 I started to yell at him and ask him, you know, 323 00:22:19,723 --> 00:22:22,603 where we were going and where he was taking me, 324 00:22:22,683 --> 00:22:24,843 and he just kind of laughed it off 325 00:22:24,923 --> 00:22:27,523 and said that we were going to his apartment. 326 00:22:34,483 --> 00:22:37,083 When we arrived, he did not turn on any lights, 327 00:22:37,163 --> 00:22:39,563 and he led me into his bedroom. 328 00:22:42,123 --> 00:22:44,443 My instincts are telling me that something's wrong, 329 00:22:44,523 --> 00:22:46,963 but you know, I mean, 330 00:22:47,043 --> 00:22:49,803 I was used to relying on these people to take care of me, 331 00:22:49,883 --> 00:22:52,403 drive me around, put a roof over my head. 332 00:22:52,483 --> 00:22:54,843 I thought, well, maybe I'm wrong. 333 00:22:54,923 --> 00:22:56,683 Maybe I'm misinterpreting things, you know, 334 00:22:56,763 --> 00:23:00,443 but my instinct was, you should get outta here. 335 00:23:03,643 --> 00:23:05,443 But I didn't even have an opportunity 336 00:23:05,523 --> 00:23:09,923 to try and prepare myself for getting out of a situation. 337 00:23:10,003 --> 00:23:13,003 I was just kind of fully in it. 338 00:23:21,843 --> 00:23:26,683 He was just like, oh, you know, don't worry. 339 00:23:26,763 --> 00:23:30,443 Just go in the bed, just sleep in the bed, it's fine. 340 00:23:31,363 --> 00:23:33,363 And he left the room. 341 00:23:38,363 --> 00:23:42,163 Next thing I knew he was pressed down on top of me 342 00:23:42,243 --> 00:23:44,283 with his tongue aggressively in my mouth. 343 00:23:46,283 --> 00:23:50,443 His full weight was on top of me and I tried to resist, 344 00:23:50,523 --> 00:23:52,723 but I couldn't move. 345 00:23:52,803 --> 00:23:56,523 And then after, I don't know, a few minutes, 346 00:23:56,603 --> 00:24:00,843 I felt myself sort of just freeze and give into it. 347 00:24:02,523 --> 00:24:04,643 I was kind of just like, I don't know, 348 00:24:04,723 --> 00:24:07,643 maybe I should just let him have his way so I can 349 00:24:07,723 --> 00:24:09,523 just get outta this situation. 350 00:24:09,603 --> 00:24:11,603 Like I was terrified. 351 00:24:11,683 --> 00:24:15,163 And then he continued to rape me after that. 352 00:24:19,723 --> 00:24:21,283 I was a Virgin at the time, 353 00:24:21,363 --> 00:24:25,003 so I didn't have any sexual experience with anyone. 354 00:24:25,083 --> 00:24:29,043 I don't think I had sort of the boundaries at that age, 355 00:24:29,123 --> 00:24:32,843 or the defence mechanisms to, you know, 356 00:24:32,923 --> 00:24:35,123 ward off that kind of behaviour. 357 00:24:37,443 --> 00:24:39,843 (dark music) 358 00:25:27,563 --> 00:25:30,963 - I started to hear stories of Gerald Marie, 359 00:25:31,043 --> 00:25:35,083 either sexually assaulting or sexually harassing the models. 360 00:25:35,163 --> 00:25:39,083 When they would tell me their stories of trauma 361 00:25:39,163 --> 00:25:43,763 and swear me to secrecy, I was very conflicted. 362 00:25:43,843 --> 00:25:47,483 I couldn't really do anything, although I wanted to, 363 00:25:47,563 --> 00:25:50,003 and yet I didn't even know what to do. 364 00:25:51,443 --> 00:25:52,843 The honeymoon was over, 365 00:25:52,923 --> 00:25:57,083 and the only power that I had at that time as an employee 366 00:25:57,163 --> 00:26:02,163 was to stop placing models in Paris with Gerald Marie. 367 00:26:03,003 --> 00:26:06,163 So what I started to do, instead of sending them to Paris, 368 00:26:07,003 --> 00:26:09,763 I would send them to markets where I didn't think 369 00:26:09,843 --> 00:26:12,563 that there would be a sexual pervert waiting for them. 370 00:26:18,363 --> 00:26:20,883 (rock music) 371 00:26:23,883 --> 00:26:27,643 - Jean-Luc was so powerful and was so well connected. 372 00:26:27,723 --> 00:26:29,083 And I started going to parties, 373 00:26:29,163 --> 00:26:31,283 getting appointments and bookings. 374 00:26:34,563 --> 00:26:35,763 And I was very excited. 375 00:26:35,843 --> 00:26:39,043 I was like, oh, he sees me as a valuable asset 376 00:26:39,123 --> 00:26:40,123 to his modelling agency. 377 00:26:40,203 --> 00:26:42,203 This is great. 378 00:26:43,523 --> 00:26:44,283 A few weeks later, 379 00:26:44,363 --> 00:26:47,363 I get invited to a private dinner at his house. 380 00:26:47,443 --> 00:26:50,603 So now I feel like maybe he sees me 381 00:26:50,683 --> 00:26:53,083 as something special or a cut above. 382 00:26:57,603 --> 00:26:58,963 It was a big party, 383 00:26:59,043 --> 00:27:02,043 lots of people and some famous models as well. 384 00:27:05,243 --> 00:27:07,723 I totally felt like I was in the inter sanctum. 385 00:27:07,803 --> 00:27:09,803 I felt like I stepped up a big notch. 386 00:27:14,203 --> 00:27:16,123 I was keeping an eye on the time 387 00:27:16,203 --> 00:27:18,643 as the Metro stops running at a certain point 388 00:27:18,723 --> 00:27:20,723 and I don't have money for a cab. 389 00:27:23,683 --> 00:27:26,443 So I'd go, it's almost midnight, you know, gotta go. 390 00:27:26,523 --> 00:27:28,603 And Jean-Luc was like, no, no, no, no, no. 391 00:27:28,683 --> 00:27:29,483 Don't leave yet. 392 00:27:29,563 --> 00:27:31,083 Don't leave, sleep here. 393 00:27:31,163 --> 00:27:33,643 And I was like, oh, I can't do that. 394 00:27:33,723 --> 00:27:36,923 And one of the models is like, no people do it all the time. 395 00:27:37,003 --> 00:27:39,083 Yeah, people sleep on the couches. 396 00:27:39,163 --> 00:27:40,763 So everybody went to bed 397 00:27:40,843 --> 00:27:42,523 and Jean-Luc and I sat there and talked, 398 00:27:42,603 --> 00:27:45,403 and he was like, yes, I see, you know, 399 00:27:45,483 --> 00:27:47,763 I really have hopes for you, I think this will be great. 400 00:27:47,843 --> 00:27:49,083 And so we had this one on one talk, 401 00:27:49,163 --> 00:27:51,323 and I felt really privileged sitting there. 402 00:27:53,883 --> 00:27:56,083 And he goes, I want you to be comfortable. 403 00:27:56,163 --> 00:27:57,843 Come, go sleep in my bed. 404 00:27:57,923 --> 00:27:59,923 I was like, no, no. 405 00:28:01,963 --> 00:28:03,523 No, no, no, my dear, you need to sleep. 406 00:28:03,603 --> 00:28:06,523 You need to have good beauty rest, I worry about you. 407 00:28:06,603 --> 00:28:08,603 I'm shaking right now as I say this. 408 00:28:12,563 --> 00:28:14,203 And he goes, go to my bed. 409 00:28:14,283 --> 00:28:16,283 I'll sleep out here in the living room. 410 00:28:16,363 --> 00:28:18,363 You go, now. 411 00:28:20,043 --> 00:28:21,163 There was a part of me that was like, 412 00:28:21,243 --> 00:28:22,323 this doesn't feel right, 413 00:28:22,403 --> 00:28:23,323 but the other part was like, 414 00:28:23,403 --> 00:28:25,403 I'd better be a good girl and follow along. 415 00:28:25,483 --> 00:28:27,483 He's my boss. 416 00:28:27,963 --> 00:28:30,723 So I stupidly go into his bedroom. 417 00:28:33,483 --> 00:28:35,523 And I managed to fall asleep. 418 00:28:42,083 --> 00:28:44,443 And I woke up and he was on top of me, 419 00:28:48,203 --> 00:28:50,203 and he was fully naked. 420 00:28:50,803 --> 00:28:55,763 And he was thrusting between my legs, trying to enter me. 421 00:28:55,843 --> 00:28:57,843 But I had my panties on, 422 00:29:00,403 --> 00:29:02,403 and he has his face right next to me. 423 00:29:03,243 --> 00:29:06,043 And he's like, you don't have to kiss me. 424 00:29:06,123 --> 00:29:07,523 He's repeating it. 425 00:29:07,603 --> 00:29:09,603 You don't have to kiss me. 426 00:29:10,643 --> 00:29:12,763 And I literally flip him, 427 00:29:12,843 --> 00:29:14,843 'cause he's not that big a guy, 428 00:29:15,283 --> 00:29:16,763 and he's pissed, 429 00:29:16,843 --> 00:29:19,283 and then he takes my head and he tries to make me 430 00:29:21,363 --> 00:29:23,163 go down on him. 431 00:29:23,243 --> 00:29:26,003 And I'm just like, no. 432 00:29:28,443 --> 00:29:31,163 And he takes my hand and puts it on him, 433 00:29:31,243 --> 00:29:33,243 and starts making me move it. 434 00:29:36,043 --> 00:29:38,043 And so I did. 435 00:29:43,763 --> 00:29:46,323 And then he rolled over and slept on his stomach, 436 00:29:47,643 --> 00:29:49,923 and I was petrified. 437 00:29:55,683 --> 00:29:57,683 Yeah. 438 00:30:01,323 --> 00:30:03,763 I believed him, I really believed him 439 00:30:03,843 --> 00:30:05,843 when he said that stuff to me. 440 00:30:07,203 --> 00:30:08,883 I don't think I'm a stupid woman. 441 00:30:08,963 --> 00:30:11,043 I think I'm quite intelligent. 442 00:30:11,123 --> 00:30:13,163 But a part of me wanted to believe him. 443 00:30:14,403 --> 00:30:16,403 Right? 444 00:30:29,163 --> 00:30:32,443 I just was in such shock and disbelief 445 00:30:32,523 --> 00:30:35,603 and it was devastating. 446 00:30:38,123 --> 00:30:40,123 It really destroyed me. 447 00:30:41,323 --> 00:30:43,763 (soft music) 448 00:30:55,843 --> 00:30:59,283 - I told the model that lived with me what happened, 449 00:30:59,363 --> 00:31:04,403 and a few days later, the booker called me and said, 450 00:31:04,483 --> 00:31:07,203 Gerald wants to see you in his office. 451 00:31:08,803 --> 00:31:12,683 I got myself together, and I went to the agency. 452 00:31:13,563 --> 00:31:14,443 When I got there, 453 00:31:14,523 --> 00:31:16,963 he shut the door behind me and he said, 454 00:31:17,043 --> 00:31:20,523 so I hear that you say that I raped you? 455 00:31:20,603 --> 00:31:24,563 And I just started bawling and crying. 456 00:31:25,483 --> 00:31:27,723 And he just thought it was a joke. 457 00:31:28,643 --> 00:31:31,323 He was smirking, and then I just said, 458 00:31:31,403 --> 00:31:33,323 I really wanna go home. 459 00:31:33,403 --> 00:31:37,243 And he said, oh, and what are you gonna do, 460 00:31:37,323 --> 00:31:39,403 go home and flip burgers? 461 00:31:39,483 --> 00:31:41,483 You can go now. 462 00:31:44,163 --> 00:31:45,883 I was only 15, so I thought these people 463 00:31:45,963 --> 00:31:48,643 were gonna take care of me and guide my career. 464 00:31:48,723 --> 00:31:52,563 I did not think that I would end up in that situation. 465 00:32:00,603 --> 00:32:03,603 - After it happened, I went back to the agency. 466 00:32:05,763 --> 00:32:07,843 That's the part that makes me really mad. 467 00:32:09,323 --> 00:32:13,243 I show up and my booker's there and she's like, 468 00:32:13,323 --> 00:32:16,803 I can't be seen talking to you, go away, go away, go away. 469 00:32:16,883 --> 00:32:17,843 You need to leave now. 470 00:32:17,923 --> 00:32:20,683 And I'm like, I did nothing wrong. 471 00:32:20,763 --> 00:32:22,763 He did it to me. 472 00:32:23,923 --> 00:32:26,323 And so I go charging into Jean-Luc's room, 473 00:32:26,403 --> 00:32:29,923 and he's on the phone, he's like, and he is furious. 474 00:32:30,003 --> 00:32:32,443 And he's like, get out, get out! 475 00:32:32,523 --> 00:32:33,363 And I was like, I wanna talk to you, 476 00:32:33,443 --> 00:32:35,283 I wanna talk about what happened. 477 00:32:35,363 --> 00:32:36,443 And he's, get out. 478 00:32:36,523 --> 00:32:38,043 You don't work here anymore, get out. 479 00:32:38,123 --> 00:32:40,123 And he pushes me out of the room. 480 00:32:42,243 --> 00:32:43,803 And I went out to the top of the stairs 481 00:32:43,883 --> 00:32:45,083 and I'm just standing there shaking, 482 00:32:45,163 --> 00:32:47,283 like what the fuck? 483 00:32:48,563 --> 00:32:50,803 This man tried to rape me? 484 00:32:50,883 --> 00:32:52,883 And then he fires me? 485 00:33:02,923 --> 00:33:05,363 (soft music) 486 00:33:09,203 --> 00:33:12,163 - When I said no to Gerald Marie, 487 00:33:12,243 --> 00:33:17,443 I was immediately like next day sent to a model's apartment 488 00:33:17,523 --> 00:33:19,723 in a really bad area of Paris. 489 00:33:21,123 --> 00:33:24,923 It was like squalor, it was horrible. 490 00:33:25,003 --> 00:33:27,563 And that was my new reality. 491 00:33:28,923 --> 00:33:31,843 It became really clear that there was a wrath 492 00:33:31,923 --> 00:33:33,923 and I was on the other side of it. 493 00:33:36,483 --> 00:33:41,203 On one hand, I was relieved to be away from Gerald, 494 00:33:41,283 --> 00:33:42,643 and on the other hand, 495 00:33:42,723 --> 00:33:46,683 I was in a whole new arena of, 496 00:33:46,763 --> 00:33:48,403 what was I gonna do? 497 00:33:48,483 --> 00:33:51,683 You know, I had no real work on the horizon. 498 00:33:58,123 --> 00:34:00,403 - Elite sent me to Milan 499 00:34:00,483 --> 00:34:05,283 where I went to be with one of Gerald's friend's agency. 500 00:34:08,043 --> 00:34:11,323 Milan was really next level 501 00:34:11,403 --> 00:34:14,683 in terms of sordid and dark. 502 00:34:14,763 --> 00:34:18,083 It was yet another world to navigate. 503 00:34:29,683 --> 00:34:34,203 - After being attacked by Gerald my work stopped. 504 00:34:36,123 --> 00:34:38,643 I thought I'm gonna have to pound the pavement 505 00:34:38,723 --> 00:34:41,443 and hope that these tear sheets that I did recently 506 00:34:41,523 --> 00:34:43,083 will come out fast enough 507 00:34:43,163 --> 00:34:45,763 for me to try to show them around and get some work. 508 00:34:49,923 --> 00:34:54,003 Eventually my booker at Paris Planning called me, 509 00:34:54,083 --> 00:34:56,683 and asked me if I'd like to come to Monte Carlo 510 00:34:56,763 --> 00:34:58,283 for the weekend. 511 00:34:58,363 --> 00:35:00,443 And I said, how much do you think it'll cost? 512 00:35:00,523 --> 00:35:02,483 And she said, oh, it's free. 513 00:35:02,563 --> 00:35:04,843 And I said, no, no, nothing's free. 514 00:35:04,923 --> 00:35:06,923 And she goes, no, really it's free. 515 00:35:07,923 --> 00:35:10,603 By this point, I just wanted to forget about modelling. 516 00:35:12,283 --> 00:35:15,443 (disco music) 517 00:35:15,523 --> 00:35:17,923 So we went to Monte Carlo. 518 00:35:18,003 --> 00:35:20,323 We laid out by the pool. 519 00:35:20,403 --> 00:35:25,403 And then that night we met some of her friends in the lobby 520 00:35:25,763 --> 00:35:28,723 who came to pick us up to take us to a party. 521 00:35:30,803 --> 00:35:33,723 It was a crazy party, champagne, caviar. 522 00:35:35,403 --> 00:35:38,083 And at some point a man came over 523 00:35:38,163 --> 00:35:40,883 and pulled me out of my chair to dance. 524 00:35:40,963 --> 00:35:43,763 He and I were having an absolute ball. 525 00:35:43,843 --> 00:35:47,083 And my booker came over to me and she's like, 526 00:35:47,163 --> 00:35:48,243 do you know who you're dancing with? 527 00:35:48,323 --> 00:35:50,323 Do you know who you're dancing with? 528 00:35:51,083 --> 00:35:53,963 It turned out that he was Adnan Khashoggi, 529 00:35:54,043 --> 00:35:56,043 one of the wealthiest men in the world. 530 00:35:57,643 --> 00:35:59,563 I had no idea who he was. 531 00:35:59,643 --> 00:36:01,883 I didn't realise the wealth that he had, 532 00:36:03,883 --> 00:36:06,683 and he and I just hit it off. 533 00:36:07,883 --> 00:36:09,883 We connected. 534 00:36:10,203 --> 00:36:12,843 It was like a breath of fresh air 535 00:36:12,923 --> 00:36:15,923 compared to my experience in Paris. 536 00:36:19,723 --> 00:36:20,883 A few weeks later, 537 00:36:20,963 --> 00:36:25,723 I was invited to lunch at his house and then a dinner. 538 00:36:25,803 --> 00:36:27,403 And then I was invited to go on vacation 539 00:36:27,483 --> 00:36:29,483 with his whole group. 540 00:36:30,243 --> 00:36:32,803 I had now seen him several times, 541 00:36:32,883 --> 00:36:36,243 and I really had been thinking about him a lot. 542 00:36:36,323 --> 00:36:39,043 I was happy, I felt like, I've got a boyfriend. 543 00:36:41,203 --> 00:36:43,203 I was excited, 544 00:36:44,283 --> 00:36:47,203 but I was really unaware of the situation 545 00:36:47,283 --> 00:36:49,283 with the other women at that point. 546 00:36:56,363 --> 00:36:59,283 (mysterious music) 547 00:37:04,243 --> 00:37:07,123 - Within a short time of me being in Milan, 548 00:37:07,203 --> 00:37:12,203 I was told I was booked on a job on Lake Como, Italy. 549 00:37:13,723 --> 00:37:18,243 I was to get on a bus and get off the bus at a certain stop, 550 00:37:18,323 --> 00:37:20,323 and that I would be picked up. 551 00:37:21,603 --> 00:37:24,723 I remember sitting on my suitcase in the middle of nowhere. 552 00:37:25,603 --> 00:37:26,963 It was dark. 553 00:37:27,043 --> 00:37:29,043 I waited quite some time. 554 00:37:31,483 --> 00:37:36,403 A Ferrari rolls up with a very large Italian man in it. 555 00:37:36,483 --> 00:37:41,483 And off we went into the night to this massive villa. 556 00:37:44,283 --> 00:37:46,323 They were prepping for a big party. 557 00:37:48,723 --> 00:37:50,723 I remember something seemed off. 558 00:37:52,643 --> 00:37:56,083 There were so many girls there, there were women from, 559 00:37:56,163 --> 00:37:57,163 I won't call them women, 560 00:37:57,243 --> 00:37:59,203 I will call them girls, from other countries 561 00:37:59,283 --> 00:38:02,483 that were as young as myself, if not younger. 562 00:38:02,563 --> 00:38:04,843 There were girls who, I don't know if they were drugged, 563 00:38:04,923 --> 00:38:09,923 but clearly like severely intoxicated, and older men. 564 00:38:14,883 --> 00:38:18,203 I spent that night and the next night, 565 00:38:18,283 --> 00:38:21,603 keeping my door locked and staving off these 566 00:38:21,683 --> 00:38:25,043 loud, obnoxious, you need to come down to the party, 567 00:38:25,123 --> 00:38:27,643 thumping on my door, from the Italian man. 568 00:38:28,923 --> 00:38:30,803 It could have been a much worse situation. 569 00:38:30,883 --> 00:38:32,283 I was able to keep the door locked, 570 00:38:32,363 --> 00:38:34,923 but it was definitely scary. 571 00:38:38,163 --> 00:38:41,203 The fact is there was no photo shoot. 572 00:38:41,283 --> 00:38:45,043 I was booked on that job for sex. 573 00:38:46,563 --> 00:38:49,203 Literally, I was trafficked out by my agent. 574 00:38:57,403 --> 00:38:58,963 - When I first started seeing Adnan, 575 00:38:59,043 --> 00:39:01,123 we were alone most of the time. 576 00:39:02,043 --> 00:39:05,123 And then I was invited to dinners 577 00:39:05,203 --> 00:39:07,203 where there were other women. 578 00:39:10,123 --> 00:39:14,243 As it went on, it became more out in the open. 579 00:39:17,403 --> 00:39:20,563 And then one night I was doing my homework 580 00:39:20,643 --> 00:39:21,763 in his hotel suite, 581 00:39:21,843 --> 00:39:24,163 because by then I was in fashion design school. 582 00:39:24,243 --> 00:39:27,763 He was doing his business papers, 583 00:39:27,843 --> 00:39:29,883 and a man that worked for him came in 584 00:39:29,963 --> 00:39:31,363 and brought a black notebook, 585 00:39:31,443 --> 00:39:36,523 and it was filled with pages of models' composites, 586 00:39:36,603 --> 00:39:39,203 and Adnan was asking, well, 587 00:39:39,283 --> 00:39:40,723 how much is it to meet this one? 588 00:39:40,803 --> 00:39:42,163 What about this one? 589 00:39:42,243 --> 00:39:42,963 What about this one? 590 00:39:43,043 --> 00:39:46,883 And he's like, well, this one's 25,000 for an introduction. 591 00:39:46,963 --> 00:39:48,963 And then I looked at them and I said, 592 00:39:49,043 --> 00:39:51,043 is this how you met me? 593 00:39:52,043 --> 00:39:54,043 And they busted up laughing. 594 00:39:55,203 --> 00:39:56,683 They were totally guilty. 595 00:39:56,763 --> 00:39:58,763 It was obvious that this was what happened. 596 00:39:58,843 --> 00:40:00,523 And he confirmed it later. 597 00:40:00,603 --> 00:40:02,883 He told me that he had paid the agency. 598 00:40:02,963 --> 00:40:05,043 He paid $50,000 to meet me. 599 00:40:07,563 --> 00:40:09,643 He had chosen me from a photo. 600 00:40:11,883 --> 00:40:15,323 And when I found that out, I was, I was done. 601 00:40:16,483 --> 00:40:18,483 I wanted out, now. 602 00:40:22,003 --> 00:40:25,683 When I realised that he had paid to meet me, 603 00:40:26,963 --> 00:40:31,603 I realised that my agency had this whole thing going. 604 00:40:31,683 --> 00:40:34,363 They had been manipulating me, 605 00:40:34,443 --> 00:40:35,843 completely behind my back, 606 00:40:35,923 --> 00:40:37,923 as an innocent, young, 607 00:40:38,843 --> 00:40:40,843 naive woman. 608 00:40:41,163 --> 00:40:43,763 They had set up to sell me 609 00:40:43,843 --> 00:40:46,963 before I had even gone to Monte Carlo. 610 00:40:47,043 --> 00:40:51,363 And I really tried to suppress the reality of that, 611 00:40:51,443 --> 00:40:54,323 because I was not equipped. 612 00:40:54,403 --> 00:40:56,523 I had already endured a rape. 613 00:40:56,603 --> 00:40:58,603 Now I've been sold. 614 00:41:02,883 --> 00:41:04,003 - At that time, 615 00:41:04,083 --> 00:41:08,243 we did not have language called sex trafficking. 616 00:41:08,323 --> 00:41:13,323 What we had was a culture where this is who the leader is, 617 00:41:13,803 --> 00:41:17,123 and this is the culture that you are expected 618 00:41:17,203 --> 00:41:19,203 to behave within. 619 00:41:20,123 --> 00:41:23,483 I had friends at the time that were part of media, 620 00:41:23,563 --> 00:41:25,683 and I tried to tell them. 621 00:41:25,763 --> 00:41:27,443 Nobody wanted to hear what I have to say. 622 00:41:27,523 --> 00:41:29,403 It was like, shh. 623 00:41:29,483 --> 00:41:32,163 Marie, that's kind of a distasteful conversation. 624 00:41:33,963 --> 00:41:35,643 - It's a process. 625 00:41:35,723 --> 00:41:38,803 And there was a moment when things that were never discussed 626 00:41:38,883 --> 00:41:40,683 began to be spoken of. 627 00:41:40,763 --> 00:41:43,363 (eerie music) 628 00:41:53,643 --> 00:41:55,163 - We turned on the television, we watched it, 629 00:41:55,243 --> 00:41:57,763 and I was in shock. 630 00:41:57,843 --> 00:42:00,403 I couldn't believe that, here was Diane Sawyer, 631 00:42:00,483 --> 00:42:02,283 interviewing girls who worked at 632 00:42:02,363 --> 00:42:04,523 two of the agencies I worked at. 633 00:42:06,563 --> 00:42:08,683 Some of the girls who had been drugged, 634 00:42:08,763 --> 00:42:12,163 date rape drugs, put on planes, 635 00:42:12,243 --> 00:42:13,283 thinking they're going on a shoot, 636 00:42:13,363 --> 00:42:17,763 and they're actually going to be a concubine for a weekend. 637 00:42:18,603 --> 00:42:22,563 It was incredibly eyeopening to know that it wasn't just me. 638 00:42:22,643 --> 00:42:23,643 It was like, oh wow. 639 00:42:23,723 --> 00:42:25,443 For all these years, I've been holding that, 640 00:42:25,523 --> 00:42:26,963 thinking it was me. 641 00:42:27,043 --> 00:42:29,043 I did something wrong. 642 00:42:34,883 --> 00:42:37,323 - After that 60 Minutes show aired, 643 00:42:37,403 --> 00:42:39,403 for some reason it disappeared. 644 00:42:40,243 --> 00:42:42,243 It was never shown again. 645 00:42:44,163 --> 00:42:47,363 And Jean-Luc Brunel continued to behave as he always had. 646 00:42:50,083 --> 00:42:53,883 I began pursuing all of these lines of inquiry, 647 00:42:53,963 --> 00:42:58,323 which led me to the offices of Karin's Models in Paris. 648 00:43:00,403 --> 00:43:03,283 So this is Jean-Luc Brunel after 60 Minutes. 649 00:43:19,883 --> 00:43:25,003 - What was shocking was just how blase he was, 650 00:43:25,083 --> 00:43:27,163 how sure of himself, how cocky. 651 00:43:27,243 --> 00:43:29,243 They all were. 652 00:43:39,763 --> 00:43:42,083 - I was completely aware that I was in the presence 653 00:43:42,163 --> 00:43:44,163 of dangerous monsters. 654 00:43:45,283 --> 00:43:47,443 These guys have been getting away with sexual assaults 655 00:43:47,523 --> 00:43:49,523 for most of their lives. 656 00:43:54,563 --> 00:43:56,963 - When I was the Vice President of Elite Chicago, 657 00:43:57,043 --> 00:43:59,043 the last year that I worked there, 658 00:43:59,963 --> 00:44:03,123 there was an Elite summit in Ibiza. 659 00:44:05,283 --> 00:44:07,283 After the last meeting, 660 00:44:08,163 --> 00:44:12,523 the two senior women from Elite New York, 661 00:44:12,603 --> 00:44:16,003 begging John Casablancas and Gerald Marie 662 00:44:16,083 --> 00:44:20,043 to stop sleeping with the 13- and 14-year-old girls. 663 00:44:21,963 --> 00:44:24,163 Both of the men defended themselves, 664 00:44:24,243 --> 00:44:26,923 saying it was no big deal, they weren't gonna change. 665 00:44:28,123 --> 00:44:33,003 John's response was, come on, stop being so puritanical. 666 00:44:36,243 --> 00:44:38,363 I was so appalled, 667 00:44:38,443 --> 00:44:39,963 I quit the agency business. 668 00:44:40,043 --> 00:44:42,043 Boom, basta, I'm done. 669 00:44:43,163 --> 00:44:45,563 (dark music) 670 00:45:22,203 --> 00:45:26,683 - It's a time to hold this man accountable for his crimes. 671 00:45:26,763 --> 00:45:28,603 That's why being here in France 672 00:45:28,683 --> 00:45:31,483 and testifying to the French police 673 00:45:31,563 --> 00:45:35,283 with these women is so meaningful. 674 00:45:35,363 --> 00:45:38,763 (dark orchestral music)