Overview
- The Justice Department’s new Epstein files include undated photos showing Brett Ratner on a couch beside Jeffrey Epstein with two women whose faces are redacted.
- Ratner told Piers Morgan and Fox News the woman he is embracing was his then‑fiancée and said he had no contact with Epstein before or after that event.
- The published materials do not link Ratner to criminal conduct, and the images lack identifying details for the women due to required redactions under disclosure rules.
- An earlier tranche featured a separate photo of Ratner with French modeling agent Jean‑Luc Brunel, an Epstein associate who died in custody in 2022.
- Emails in the cache reference Epstein seeking to connect with Ratner and reflect overlapping social circles, but they stop short of alleging wrongdoing by the director.