A Dutch former model has told how she was raped by the modelling agency boss who is believed to have groomed young girls for convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Thysia Huisman, 46, claims she was just 18 when she was drugged and raped by Jean-Luc Brunel in the 1990s.

She detailed how she was allegedly given a drink that made her feel 'woozy' before Brunel led her to his bed and forced himself on her - leaving her to wake up alone with bruises on her inner thighs.

'I felt him – this is difficult – between my legs. Pushing,' Ms Huisman told the Guardian.

She detailed how she was allegedly given a drink that made her feel 'woozy' before Brunel (pictured) led her to his bed and forced himself on her - leaving her to wake up alone with bruises on her inner thighs

Brunel, 72, even introduced her to his 'good friend the CEO of Miramax', Harvey Weinstein, according to Ms Huisman's account.

Brunel has emerged as a key figure in the scandal surrounding the US billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, who committed suicide in a New York jail last month while facing child sex trafficking charges.

He has been accused in court documents of rape and of procuring girls as young as 12 for Epstein, charges he has denied in the past.

But since Epstein's arrest in July - just as he returned from a trip to Paris - Brunel, formerly a high-power model scout, has disappeared.

Ms Huisman wrote a letter to French prosecutor Remi Heitz where she detailed her ordeal.

She claimed she met Brunel in a chocolate shop in Brussels and he said he could make her a star if she travelled with him to Paris.

Because she was so important to Brunel, Ms Huisman claims he insisted that she should sleep in his apartment when they arrived.

Throughout Ms Huisman's week-long trip she said Brunel was constantly coming on to her and flirting.

Ms Huisman told the Guardian: 'One time he came into the closet where I was, locked the door behind him, and told me: "You know, one day we’re going to have sex".'

Brunel, 72, has emerged as a key figure in the scandal surrounding Epstein (left), who committed suicide in a New York jail last month while facing child sex trafficking charges. Brunel even introduced her to his 'good friend the CEO of Miramax', Harvey Weinstein (right), according to Ms Huisman's account

According to Ms Huisman this was par for the course in the modelling world at that time.

She said there were swathes of 'sad' young girls accompanied by much older businessman and she believed it was clear that they were sleeping together.

At one point in the trip, Ms Huisman said that Brunel told her she could have a career in film too.

She said Brunel offered to introduce her to his 'good friend the CEO of Miramax' - Harvey Weinstein, who has been accused of sexual assault by 80 women.

Former model Svetlana Pozhidaeva, who was signed to MC2 - the agency that Brunel ran - was pictured at convicted paedophile Epstein's mansion in New York back in 2016.

Ms Huisman hopes her allegations will serve as a wake up call for the modelling world. Pictured is Epstein and his ex-partner Ghislaine Maxwell

Russian Ms Pozhidaeva, whose father is a Lieutenant Colonel in the Red Army, denies it is her in the picture.

Virginia Roberts Giuffre accused Epstein of using her as a 'sex slave'. She said she had been forced to have sex with well-known politicians and businessmen, including Brunel.

She also alleged that Brunel would bring girls as young as 12 to the United States and pass them on to his friends, including Epstein. Brunel fiercely denied the allegations.

Ms Huisman hopes her allegations will serve as a wake up call for the modelling world.

She said she recently told the bosses of her old modelling agency about what happened between her and Brunel and they said: 'He can’t have done that. He would never do that. Jean-Luc, he’s just too sweet.'