The mayor of Les Républicains d'Agde (Hérault), Gilles d'Ettore, was indicted for "illegal taking of interests and corruption" and placed in pre-trial detention for 12 days. He requested his release on Tuesday, claiming to have been trapped by a medium.

The Court of Appeal will deliver its decision on Friday April 5. The other key figure in this incredible affair is a 44-year-old woman who presents herself as a clairvoyant, medium and “healer’