The journalist from
Point
Aziz Zemouri, author of the article which implicated the couple of LFI deputies Raquel Garrido and Alexis Corbière, filed a complaint on Tuesday for "
breach of trust
" against the former UDI deputy Jean-Christophe Lagarde.
A complaint was also filed against a former territorial intelligence policeman, Anouar Bouhadjela, known as Noam Anouar, whom Aziz Zemouri presents as the source of the false accusations against the two elected officials.
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In his complaint, he assures that the ex-policeman, "
who would be seconded to the town hall of Drancy
", whose mayor is the wife of Jean-Christophe Lagarde, contacted him at the end of May to put him in contact with a woman claiming to be the housekeeper, undeclared and without papers, of the couple of LFI deputies.
The journalist affirms that his informant called him “
around the second round of the legislative elections
” to ask him “
if the article was ready to appear before the second round
”.
He replied that the article was "
blocked at the level of the newspaper's management
".
Aziz Zemouri has since specified that he has not yet written anything at that time.
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Mistakes and shortcomings
As a reminder, an article by Aziz Zemouri, published last Wednesday on the
Point website,
accused the couple of LFI deputies of having exploited an undocumented cleaning lady, which they immediately firmly denied: "
everything is false
", they protested.
Very rare fact, the article had been withdrawn the next day and the director of Point Etienne Gernelle had recognized “
errors and breaches of caution
”, in a message on Twitter and on the site of the weekly.
At the same time, Le Point opened an internal investigation.
The journalist was suspended and summoned to an interview prior to a possible dismissal.
Thursday, Aziz Zemouri said he was "
convinced of the veracity of the facts
".
But since then, he says he is convinced of having been "
manipulated
", as he said during a telephone conversation Monday with Noam Anouar.
Raquel Garrido, 48, was elected deputy for Seine-Saint-Denis against UDI president Jean-Christophe Lagarde in the second round of legislative elections on June 19.
In his complaint, Aziz Zemouri implicates the politician by arguing that at the outbreak of the controversy, the latter had tweeted "
comments
" that the journalist had "
only made with
" the former police officer on the alleged blocking of the item.
Jean-Christophe Lagarde's tweet has since been deleted.
In a video posted on his Facebook page, Noam Anouar categorically denied the accusations of the journalist from Le
Point
and being "
the author of the plot
" targeting the two elected officials.
“
They are trying to make me the ideal culprit in the Corbière-Garrido affair
,” he regretted.