US EditionFrench Mayor Sentenced to Prison for Blackmailing Political Rival with Sex Tape
Gaël Perdriau received a four-year prison term, a suspended sentence, and a five-year public office ban for blackmail and misuse of public funds, the court ruled.
- A French court sentenced Mayor Gaël Perdriau of Saint-Etienne to four years in prison for blackmailing a political rival using a sex tape.
- The court found Perdriau guilty of blackmail, criminal conspiracy, and diverting public funds, banning him from public office for five years.
- Gilles Artigues, the victim and former deputy, testified about feeling threatened by Perdriau, who admitted to commissioning compromising images.
- Artigues expressed relief after the verdict, stating that it would allow him to rebuild his life after suffering from suicidal thoughts due to pressure from Perdriau.
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French mayor gets jail term, ban from politics over sex tape blackmail plot
A French court on Monday sentenced a mayor to four years in jail for blackmailing a political rival with a secretly filmed sex tape involving a male sex worker. He also received a five-year ban from public office, effective immediately.
French mayor sentenced to prison for blackmailing political rival with sex tape
A French court has sentenced the mayor of Saint-Étienne, Gaël Perdriau, to four years in prison for orchestrating a blackmail plot against a political rival using a secretly recorded sex tape. Perdriau was found guilty of blackmail, criminal conspiracy and misuse of public funds, and was barred from holding public office.
Blackmail: Mayor Gaël Perdriau of Saint-Étienne in the south blackmailed his deputy mayor for years. He sent a male prostitute…
The mayor of Saint-Étienne was sentenced on Monday to five years in prison, including four farms, and to a five-year sentence of ineligibility with immediate application in the so-called case of blackmail to sex...
The mayor of Saint-Étienne was found guilty of blackmail, embezzlement of public funds and association of criminals and was sentenced to a heavy prison sentence. He will be incarcerated in a few days. The mayor of Saint-Étienne Gaël Perdriau was sentenced on Monday to five years in prison, one of which was suspended and five years ineligible with immediate execution, in the so-called case of blackmail with sextape.Five years of eligibility The e…
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