Alexandre Benalla was transported Tuesday, September 22 around 9 p.m. to Cochin hospital in relative urgency.
Paris firefighters came to pick him up at his home, according to
Le Parisien
, after testing positive for covid-19.
SPECIAL REPORT
- Benalla affair: the Élysée in turmoil
Alexandre Benalla was one of the head of state's bodyguards who placed great trust in him.
He had been at the heart of a media storm at the end of July 2018 when he was recognized on a video of the May 1 protests in the ranks of the police, hitting a protester.
Today, Alexandre Benalla faces six investigations.
The latest episode, on September 4, the Paris prosecutor's office requested that he be referred to the criminal court for “forgery” and “use of forgery” and “improper obtaining of an administrative document”.
Because the former bodyguard is also involved in another case.
Following his departure from the Élysée Palace, he had converted to security consulting, especially in Africa.
He had obtained two diplomatic passports for easy travel.
Passports which justice suspects of having been obtained by the use of a false letter from the chief of staff of the Elysee, François-Xavier Lauch.
Since then, Alexandre Benalla has spread the rumor of a candidacy for the Saint-Denis elections (93).
He had also tried to enter the Assembly by becoming parliamentary assistant to ex-LREM deputy Joachim Son-Forget.
