Bernard Arnault, the boss of the luxury group LVMH, “buys the police, and on the other side he buys justice”, frontally accused Tuesday, May 10 on franceinfo François Ruffin, deputy La France insoumise of the Somme. As provided for in the public interest legal agreement signed last December between the luxury group and the Paris court, LVMH paid 10 million euros in December to escape prosecution in the case against François Ruffin. , a provision provided for by law.
“The offenses committed are proven, and yet it will have been enough to write a check”, regretted the former journalist who the day before, May 9, before the Paris Court of Appeal, had already questioned the regularity of this agreement which allowed LVMH to avoid prosecution in the Squarcini case. Bernard Squarcini, former head of internal intelligence, is suspected of having watched François Ruffin on behalf of LVMH, during the filming of “Thanks boss”a satirical film about the world leader in luxury, rewarded in 2017. The indictment of Bernard Squarcini, pronounced in 2021 for complicity “invasion of privacy”, “illegal exercise of regulated professions relating to private security activities” and “illegal exercise of private research agent” is she, still relevant.
Ruffin accuses LVMH of having spied on him ➡️ “It’s not ‘you accuse’, the facts are proven, there are even wiretaps”, declares François Ruffin. “I hope the judges wake up and say to themselves that justice is not for sale”, while LVMH has signed a legal agreement. pic.twitter.com/3tRdJkJsb0
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The deputy of the Somme wants the Constitutional Council to rule on the subject. He wants him “Come and say what are the limits of this CJIP, what are the means of appeal, what is the place of the victim inside it.”
“I’m not asking for money, I’m asking for the law for everyone. Just because you have a lot of money, a big wallet, doesn’t mean you have to escape justice.”
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“But who owns the country? The French or the luxury billionaires?”asked François Ruffin on franceinfo. “I hope one day justice will wake up and judges will say to themselves ‘justice is not for sale!’he continued. It is an attack on the freedom of the press, and an invasion of privacy, since I was watched, including when I went to play pétanque”. According to the MP, “the LVMH group and Bernard Arnault sent moles to the Fakir newspaper who searched our trash cans, who infiltrated us, via Bernard Squarcini”.
For the time being, the former director of internal intelligence, in total indicted for 16 alleged offences, including “Bribery” and “embezzlement of public funds” which would have been committed since his retraining in the private sector, was not convicted.