“Oh you prodigious author, how did you sink so low?
Sophie Tapie, one of Bernard Tapie's daughters reacted very lyrically this Thursday to an article from Paris Match claiming that the billionaire who died in October left a mountain of debt to his mother Dominique Tapie.
In a poem published on social networks, the singer denounces "low blows" written in "monstrous pages" with the aim of "attracting new prey".
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— Sophie Tapie (@SophieTapie) February 10, 2022
“I imagined you more talented”, launches the daughter of Dominique Tapie to the journalist of Paris Match Sophie Des Déserts in her offensive text.
“Suffering is often silent and dignity cannot be bought.
And out of modesty it does not spread out, ”she concludes.
"600 million euros of debt"
In an eight-page article, published in the February 10 to 16 edition of Paris Match, the journalist paints an unfortunate portrait of Dominique Tapie, the widow of the former president of OM.
The latter would be forced according to the weekly to repay nearly 600 million euros in debt bequeathed by her husband on his death.
This would be the amount claimed by the CDR, the Realization Consortium, an ad hoc structure responsible for managing the liabilities of Crédit Lyonnais.
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The article depicts a woman who has "not even enough to pay for the telephone subscription" and would be "forced to count the pennies, to sell her Hermès bags".
"Even the apartment that Mrs. Tapie had inherited from her grandmother, a 90-square-meter rue de Grenelle, no longer belongs to her," writes Sophie Des Déserts.
A delicate economic situation that even the sale of the Hôtel de Cavoye, a famous mansion on rue des Saints-Pères, which brought in 80 million euros, could not change.
Along the lines, Bernard Tapie appears to be unaware of the risks of bankruptcy, the journalist citing the purchases in the 2010s of the Mandala, a 500 m2 villa in Saint-Tropez, the Moulin du Breuil, at the gates of Paris and a 40 million euro yacht.
Expenses even though his wife advised him not to “spread too much” but to “secure”.