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   From: darnell@fomoco.com   
      
   Brett Ratner, Party Affiliation: Democratic.   
      
   Hollywood filmmaker Brett Ratner, who most recently directed “Melania,”   
   was caught up in the DOJ’s latest Epstein Files dump – as he’s seen   
   sitting on a couch with arms wrapped around a mysterious woman.   
      
   The “Rush Hour” director is on the far left end of a couch, clad in a   
   white shirt and denim jeans, embracing a woman who was seated next to   
   disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.   
      
   A second woman is present, sitting at the far right end of the sofa.   
      
   The two women have their faces redacted, and their identities remain   
   unclear.   
      
   In one of the photos, Ratner and Epstein are smiling for the camera.   
      
   The Department of Justice released the photos on Friday as part of a   
   trove of Epstein-related files.   
      
   Ratner was pictured in a previous Epstein dump posing with a shirtless   
   Jean-Luc Brunel, a French modeling agent who died by suicide in his jail   
   cell in 2022.   
      
   Brunel was charged with raping a child.   
      
   “Melania” is Ratner’s first major feature film since he was accused of   
   sexual misconduct in 2017 by multiple women.   
      
   The documentary, which focuses on first lady Melania Trump, was panned   
   by critics but is on track to gross $8 million its opening weekend.   
      
   Amazon paid a whopping $40 million for worldwide licensing of the flick,   
   and spent another $35 million on marketing.   
      
   “I didn’t know her, but when I met her I was totally taken,” Ratner told   
   reporters on the red carpet at the film’s premiere.   
      
   Ratner did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.   
      
   https://nypost.com/2026/01/31/us-news/brett-ratner-director-of-melania-em   
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