Overview
- The tribunal correctionnel de Paris issued the decision on Monday after a retrial of events from summer 2018.
- Judges found there was not enough evidence that Chikirou used a false status to carry out an attempted €67,146 transfer, and they acquitted her on the escroquerie charge.
- The court convicted Chikirou for taking two cheque forms from Le Média’s offices and fined her €8,000, of which €4,000 was suspended; the cheques were never cashed.
- The ruling noted the case’s age and that the plaintiff company had earlier withdrawn its complaint under a protocol d'accord, factors the court said it took into account when setting the penalty.
- Chikirou, who was not present when the verdict was read, has denounced the timing during her recent Paris mayoral campaign and the case has drawn sustained national media attention and political scrutiny.