Natalya Malyshev is a Russian-born woman whose name appears in survivor testimony and investigative reporting related to Jeffrey Epstein's recruitment networks. She is alleged to have recruited young women from Eastern Europe for Epstein's operation.

Recruitment Activity

Sarah Ransome stated in her victim statement that Natalya Malyshev recruited her at a club.

Email and Connections

Malyshev used the email address [email protected] and has been linked to Richard Rosenberg in materials indicating she procured girls for Epstein.

Eastern European Recruitment

Malyshev's alleged activities fit within a broader pattern of recruitment targeting young women from Russia, Ukraine, Slovakia, and other former Soviet states. These recruitment efforts often operated through modeling industry channels, most notably Jean-Luc Brunel's MC2 Model Management.

Jean-Luc Brunel Connection

Multiple survivors described how Brunel's modeling agencies brought young models to the United States ostensibly for legitimate work, then facilitated their abuse by Epstein.

Brunel was arrested in Paris in December 2020 on charges related to rape and trafficking of minors. He died by apparent suicide in his French jail cell in February 2022 while awaiting trial.

Sources

Investigative reporting on Epstein's Eastern European recruitment networks (2019-2022); French investigation materials related to Jean-Luc Brunel; Sarah Ransome victim statement