Overview
- Prosecutors asked the Nanterre court for three years, including 18 months behind bars, a €350,000 fine, a 10-year ban from office, a five-year bar from public jobs, and public posting of the verdict.
- The charges focus on Codeeil, an association funded by the city that received about €855,000 in subsidies and, according to the case file, mainly paid a retired aide.
- The prosecution cited a €50,000 severance to the retiree, first-class trips to Cuba, Miami and Santo Domingo, and the group’s quick self-dissolution as signs of a scheme.
- A second file alleges that, from 2010 to 2015, three municipal police and a national police officer on leave served as his private drivers for personal errands and stays in Giverny and Saint-Martin.
- Judges earlier rejected defense bids to throw out the long-running case, as his lawyer argued unreasonable delays and noted the key aide died in 2020 without being questioned.