With his songs tinged with melancholy and swing, Michel Jonasz has conveyed the image of a humble and warm artist since the 1960s. But the 75-year-old artist did not have to hide his anger when he saw how his confidence was abused by one of his employees. Le Parisien/Today in France reveals that the singer-songwriter’s personal assistant has been sentenced for having defrauded him of nearly 400,000 euros!
Hard not to think about the tube Great girl when we talk about Michel Jonasz, and it is with this title that The Parisian starts his article. But quickly, the transition arrives: his personal assistant, Soraya, 53 years old and hired in 2004, is far from this qualifier sinceshe was tried on September 26 for breach of trust and money laundering in corrections in Paris. The verdict is in: she received an 18-month suspended prison sentence and will have to reimburse the sums unduly received, otherwise her suspended sentence may be revoked. Or 398,000 euros collected for more than six years between 2013 and 2019, which she obtained with checks or transfers that she addressed.
The culprit admitted the facts but reduced the sums. However, the police officers of the economic and financial group of the departmental judicial police service of Val-de-Marne (SDPJ 94) were able to trace, for example, some of his trips: New York, Prague, Copenhagen or Malta. Destinations she has visited several times. However, investigators were surprised that they didn’t really see how all that money could have been spent. Obviously, this assistant provided for the needs of all her family, in particular because of a husband addicted to games and who did not participate in the expenses of the household.
Despite the extent of the sums embezzled, a discovery made by another assistant surprised by financial worries that the not very rigorous accountant had not noted, Michel Jonasz did not want to charge his incriminated assistant. Maxime Bréfort, the singer’s lawyer and also an actor, specifies that his client “gave him all his confidence“before finding out the facts.