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Overview
- French prosecutors confirmed a preliminary investigation into Jack Lang and Caroline Lang after their names appeared in recent Jeffrey Epstein files.
- Authorities said the inquiry focuses on suspected money laundering stemming from aggravated tax fraud linked to alleged financial ties with Epstein.
- Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot summoned Jack Lang for a meeting on Sunday and called the initial elements in the files new and extremely serious.
- French media reported documents indicating Lang repeatedly sought funds or favors from Epstein, claims his lawyer disputes as evidence of a close relationship.
- Caroline Lang appears in records for an offshore company tied to Epstein and resigned from a film producers’ union this week, while Jack Lang denies wrongdoing and refuses to leave the Institut du Monde Arabe.