Dieudonné still condemned.
The controversial comedian was fined 8,000 euros on Monday in Rennes for "receiving property obtained with the help of a fraud", after having rented a room in a castle without informing the owners that it was for his show.
In addition to the fine, Dieudonné, aged 57, was sentenced by the criminal court to an additional sentence of two years of ineligibility.
At the end of February 2023, Dieudonné gave a show in a castle in a village in the Rennes region, without the owners of the room having been aware of the identity of the artist during the rental.
The prosecution was initiated by the prosecution even though the owners had not filed a complaint.
At the hearing on January 8, the prosecution requested eight months in prison and five years of ineligibility.
The court ruled on Monday that the polemicist “could not fail to know the illicit conditions of the rental of this room”.
The reservation was made by the president of the production company Kamdo.
Presented as Dieudonné's companion by the president, the young woman was prosecuted for fraud.
She was fined 2,000 euros and disqualified for one year.
The two defendants and their lawyer were not present in the courtroom to hear the judgment.
The comedian denounces a “political will”
Throughout the hearing on January 8, Dieudonné had taken refuge behind his role as an artist who had no responsibility in the companies ensuring the logistics and organization of his shows.
“My job is to be operational on D-day in front of the public.
I don’t deal with that (
the rental of rooms
),” he said at the bar, denouncing a “political desire to silence him.”
Ex-sidekick of Élie Semoun, former darling of television sets, once considered one of the best comedians of his generation, Dieudonné fell into controversy and anti-Semitism twenty years ago, which earned him several court convictions.