For appealaggravated blackmailOn Monday, August 29, the mayor of Saint-Étienne Gaël Perdrieu (LR) was indicted by his former first deputy, Gilles Artigues (UDI), following revelations from Médiapart about the alleged sexting scandal, we have learned from consistent sources.
This complaint forAggravated blackmail, ambush in an organized gang, misappropriation of public funds and criminal acts not chargedIt follows the publication of an investigation by Médiapart on Friday, which alleges that Deputy Mayor Sammy Caffey-Jerome arranged a filmed encounter with a gay escort to trap and muzzle Gilles Artiguez.
The complaint was received on Monday morning and the case was transferred to Lyon at the behest of the chief prosecutor of the Lyon Court of Appeal, Saint-Etienne prosecutor David Charmats told AFP.
Médiapart, which has published the exploits taken from the video, is based on the revelations of Gilles Rosary-Lenglay, who claims to have arranged the meeting between Gilles Artigues and the escort in late 2014 with his then-partner Sammy Caffey-Jerome. Parisian hotel room.
According to him, this video would then allow Gael Perdriu’s municipal team and his chief of staff, Pierre Gauthier, to politically control the father of the family and deter him from possible dissent. His candidacy for the second round of the 2008 municipal elections split the right and helped elect Maurice Vincent (PS).
Defendants vehemently deny
Beside MM affected by this complaint. Rosarie-Lenglain and Cémi Céfi-Jérôme, Gael Perdrieux said on Saturday that he “There are no comments on the video at this stage“that he affirms that he has not seen, and disputes “definitely any notion of blackmail against Gilles Artigues“.
Gilles Artigues, who resigned as first deputy in May last year, announced on his Facebook page on Monday that this blackmail “rotten life“. “This life, which is so beautiful and which I have several times thought of leaving, I was so desperate– assures the 57-year-old former deputy of the Loire (2002-2007), who abruptly stopped his legislative campaign in the spring, despite the nomination of LR-UDI.
Source: Le Figaro
