Melania Trump documentary director Brett Ratner is in the Epstein files [View all]

Source: USA Today

Updated Dec. 20, 2025, 7:37 p.m. ET


"Rush Hour" director Brett Ratner, who is helming First Lady Melania Trump's upcoming documentary, is in a photo in the latest batch of Jeffrey Epstein files released by the Justice Department.

An undated photo shows the Florida-native filmmaker posing with a shirtless Jean-Luc Brunel, the late French modeling agent and longtime Epstein associate.

Brunel died by suicide in 2022 in his jail cell while facing charges in France of raping a minor and supplying minors to the disgraced financier. The photo of Ratner and Brunel did not include date, location or context.

USA TODAY has reached out to Ratner's representative and his production company, RatPac Entertainment, for comment.

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