New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- French authorities opened new probes into possible sexual and financial crimes linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and are reportedly revisiting the file on modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, who died in a French prison in 2022.

Paris prosecutors said Saturday they are investigating the roles of three people whose names appear in the Epstein files. They are French diplomat Fabrice Aidan, modelling agent Jean-Luc Brunel and conductor Frederic Chaslin.

The US Justice Department's release of a large tranche of Epstein files prompted the Paris prosecutor's office to set up a dedicated investigation team to analyse the documents for possible links to French nationals.

With Epstein's known circle now extending...