The mayor of Saint-Etienne and the protagonists of the so-called “sex tape blackmail” affair are summoned from Tuesday for confrontations before the Lyon investigating judges. The aim is to confront the contradictory explanations of the main indictees, the ex-LR Gaël Perdriau, his ex-chief of staff, Pierre Gauttieri, and ex-deputy Samy Kéfi-Jérôme.
At the heart of this issue is the financing, filming and use of a video showing Mr. Artigues in the company of an escort boy in a hotel room in Paris. “The magistrates will try to resolve the contradictions that have appeared between the statements of each party,” observes Me Ilié Negrutiu, Mr. Gaut tieri’s lawyer, also involved in a blackmail project finally abandoned targeting the former mayor Michel Thiollière (UMP-Rad) “In this case where all those involved have lied, I am not expecting a revelation,’ expresses Me André Buffard, the representative of the civil parties.