George Weah Junior, son of the current president of Liberia, was sentenced to six months in prison suspended by the court of Versailles for having organized numerous parties that disturbed the peace of his neighbors in Saint-Germain-en-Laye ( Yvelines).
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On Friday, during the hearing, the criminal court also asked George Weah Junior, 33, to pay more than 20,000 euros in total to the victims' neighbors to cover their damages and their legal costs. At the helm, the son of the former PSG star and President of Liberia George Weah had "
recognized the material facts but without intention to harm,
" said the Versailles prosecutor's office. Me Matthieu Boccon-Gibod, lawyer for George Weah Junior, did not respond to AFP's requests.
The prison sentence handed down is twice as heavy as the prosecution's requisitions, which had requested three months' suspended imprisonment. "
It is a justified sentence, which serves as an example,
" Ludovic Tardivel, lawyer for one of the neighboring couples, told AFP. “
My clients have suffered for more than two years of evenings at nightclubs,
“
à la Ibiza
”
... We are not talking about small parties with friends,
” he said. "
It was an unlivable situation, in which it was not possible to sleep peacefully, to work quietly at home
", added to AFP Me Sophia Nizard, specifying that this lack of rest, for nearly two years , had a "
significant impact on the health
”of one of its clients.
The evenings were held at the home of the son of the president of Liberia, in a quiet suburban town 23 km west of Paris.
According to the victims' advice, they began in December 2018 and lasted until the arrest last February of George Weah Junior.
The latter then apologized in an interview with
Le
Parisien
, published on February 4, stressing, however, that the curfew situation, introduced by the government to try to stem the Covid-19 pandemic, was "
very complicated to live
”.
"
My father is very angry,
" he added.