Overview
- Jessica Moretti completed an approximately 11-hour hearing on Wednesday, with several of the 27 lawyers for civil parties saying they still lacked time to question her and calling for additional sessions.
- A day earlier, Jacques Moretti was questioned for nearly 10 hours, and magistrates asked lawyers who could not speak to submit further questions in writing after declining to extend the session.
- Jessica remains free under measures of constraint, while Jacques has been in pretrial detention since January 9 in connection with the New Year’s blaze that killed 40 and injured 116.
- Guarantees for a 200,000 Swiss franc bail have been deposited for Jacques Moretti, and the Tribunal des mesures de contrainte must decide on a possible release as some victims’ representatives voice concern.
- The inquiry is probing a likely start from ‘fontaine’ candle sparks igniting acoustic foam, the conformity of safety equipment and emergency exits after no municipal inspection since 2019, and the couple’s finances including the source of the bail funds.