Disgraced Hollywood director Brett Ratner appeared in the latest batch of files from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation released by the Department of Justice (DOJ).
In a photo released on Friday, Dec. 19, Ratner, director of the upcoming Melania Trump documentary, is seen posing with the late French model agent and Epstein associate Jean-Luc Brunel.
Brunel appears shirtless in the image, and he is being intimately hugged by Ratner, 56, in a dimly-lit room. The photo does not include additional context, such as the date or location.
PEOPLE reached out to Ratner and his production company, RatPac, for comment on Sunday, Dec. 21, but did not receive an immediate response.
Brunel died by suicide in his Paris prison cell in 2022 while facing charges of raping a minor.
Years earlier, he was named by Virginia Giuffre, one of the main complainants in Epstein’s prosecution, in documents filed in New York and France. Giuffre, at the time, claimed she had sex with Brunel as a minor on several occasions.
Ratner has been accused of sexual assault by multiple women, including Olivia Munn and Natasha Henstridge, as well as outing a then-18-year-old Elliot Page.
His upcoming film, MELANIA, marks his first directorial project since 2014’s Hercules. He also produced 2017’s The Lego Ninjago Movie and 2019’s Georgetown, among a few others.
Ratner is known for directing Rush Hour and its two sequels, as well as The Family Man, X-Men: The Last Stand and Tower Heist.
Ratner said in November 2017 that he was