Three years of suspended imprisonment were required against the chef Christophe Leroy who appeared Thursday before the Draguignan criminal court for alleged acts of bankruptcy and dissuming work.
The public prosecutor also demanded against Mr. Leroy the obligation to reimburse the victims, including social organizations, as well as a fine of 10,000 euros and a ban from running a business for a period of ten years.
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The media chef, also suspected of having organized illegal luxury meals in Paris in the midst of a health crisis, was tried in Draguignan for bankruptcy between December 2016 and July 2017, forgery and use of forgery and acts of concealed work between 2013 and 2015 in establishments in Ramatuelle, Saint-Tropez and Paris.
"
I find the requisitions both heavy on the quantum of the suspended sentence but on the terms that have been proposed, that is to say no firm prison or execution, I found that we had including the extent of the file, which shows great understanding of the prosecution in this case
, "responded me Thierry Fradet, Mr. Leroy lawyer.
"Monsieur Leroy has played and lost"
Throughout the hearing, the chef who has long enjoyed success, especially in Saint-Tropez, showing himself with stars like Pamela Anderson, did not shirk his responsibilities, repeating that he "
assumed (his) mistakes
" .
He is criticized in particular for not having declared the salaries of his employees to Urssaf or for having minimized them. Urssaf thus assesses its loss at more than 220,000 euros. The 57-year-old chef, born in Coutances (Manche) and the son of peasants, is also being sued for bankruptcy, for which his lawyer has asked for his release. "
Mr. Leroy has played and lost
", estimated the general counsel, taking up the portrait of a "
player
" drawn up by the public prosecutor, who had recalled the criminal record already containing "
facts of tax fraud and hidden work
”.
"
He knows what he does and what he faces and that's why we can say he is a player
," said the prosecutor in his submissions.
"
He played, but he played for himself, he was alone at the gaming table
", added Me Fradet, pleading "
the flight forward
" and recalling the "
dark
"
period
then crossed by his client, with the attempted suicide of his wife and the death of his parents.
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Christophe Leroy explained to him that he had “
periods of success. But life has turned and there have been very dark moments
”. The head today in the kitchen Leroy Business Club, alongside his new partner, where it is "
CDI
" and indicates touch wages included "
between 1000 and 2000 euros
" a month. The decision was put under advisement as of September 14.