Saint-Étienne. Perdriau Case: One Month Before the Trial, the Defendants Are Mum's and Tight-lipped

On September 22, the hearing on the "sex tape blackmail" case will begin before the Lyon Criminal Court, with a trial expected to last five days. The eight defendants will include the mayor of Saint-Étienne, his former chief of staff, and his former deputy for education. What state of mind are they in a month before the trial? We wanted to find out.
Three years after the scandal broke, we're finally going to know. Who commissioned the video, who participated in the operation, how it was financed... Well, maybe.
Perhaps because, with the exception of the man who revealed everything (Gilles Rossary-Lenglet) and the alleged victim ( Gilles Artigues ), the other protagonists in the case have not made many public statements . They have certainly spoken to investigators from the judicial police, to the investigating judges, but little, if at all, to the press. And for the most part, their lawyers have not been more forthcoming.
Gilles Rossary-Lenglet: “I am impatient and serene”Will they tell the magistrates who will judge them from September 22 to 26 before the Lyon Criminal Court (1) more? This is what we sought to find out by trying to contact the eight defendants who will be in court (read elsewhere). Not to get a scoop, but just to find out their state of mind, a few weeks before...
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