The mayor of Saint-Étienne Gaël Perdriau is referred to criminal court for “defamation” against the management of the ArcomiK burlesque art festival. The case will be raised on February 4, 2025 before the 17th chamber of the Paris criminal court.
The mayor has no link with the sextape blackmail scandal which has shaken his city since August 2022 and has earned him a triple indictment for blackmail, embezzlement of public funds and criminal conspiracy.