On October 3, Bernard Tapie lost his battle against cancer, leaving his loved ones and an audience of disoriented admirers. What Dominique Tapie, the businessman’s widow, did not yet know was that Justice would definitively order the reimbursement of several hundred million euros granted to Bernard Tapie in the arbitration case. of Credit Lyonnais. To lighten the heavy baggage he expected to leave him, the former director of OM had taken the lead. In 2020, on the advice of his lawyer François Kopf, Bernard Tapie decided to sell the mansion on rue des Saints-Pères in which they had all their memories for almost 35 years. A heartbreak in which he leaves the right to select the future owner. The latter will be François Pinault, who will pay 80 million euros. The sum will be directly paid to the Consortium of realization to relieve the debt of Bernard Tapie. According to Sophie des Déserts in Paris Match, Dominique Tapie was not aware. If she knew that the property would be seized in the worst case, Dominique Tapie was unaware that her husband had initiated the final sale of their house and reached an agreement with the buyer: to release the premises at the end of February.
“Once the time of mourning was over, François Pinault invited himself to rue des Saints-Pères. Delicate visit, just to show that there is no hurry but all the same the work must start” writes the journalist. Dominique Tapie was fortunately able to count on the support of Jean-Louis Borloo, one of the pillars of her deceased husband, to come to her aid. The former minister “rented him an apartment on the left bank“without which she would have found herself on the street.
Two days after Bernard Tapie’s death, the courts declared him guilty of fraud, thus validating the heavy debt he had to repay and which Dominique naturally inherited. Before leaving, he believed in it, however, especially since he had been released in 2019 by the criminal court: “Until the end, Bernard continued to fight for his wife, convinced that this criminal victory would have consequences on civil convictions and would make it possible to alleviate his debts.” we read in Paris Match. A utopia that is confirmed…