Everyone is accused of lying.
Pointed out in the press for having quipped the suicide of farmers, the candidate of the National Rally in Burgundy-Franche-Comté, Julien Odoul, will file a complaint for defamation.
“The manipulation is proven!
After the editing of Liberation, I asked my lawyer to file a defamation complaint against the director of the publication, against (the journalist) Tristan Berteloot and a criminal complaint against those who would have recorded me without my knowledge ”, assures Julien Odoul on his Facebook page.
“On the basis of the discussion, at no time do we make fun of the suicide of a farmer,” he says. "The full distribution (of the recording, editor's note) will be included in the file as part of the complaint".
The daily Liberation broadcast, at the end of last week, a recorded extract of a meeting of the RN group at the regional council in December 2019. The discussion, not always audible, relates to the suicide of farmers and evokes the question of "well-being". being a peasant ”, compared to“ animal welfare ”.
“We talk about the well-being of the cow but very little about the farmer who hangs from the ridge of his shed.
Did he leave a mark?
Did he pee on it?
», Says a voice, attributed to the outgoing regional councilor Jacques Ricciardetti, according to a transcription specified Monday by Liberation.
"Is the rope French?"
», Adds Julien Odoul, according to the newspaper.
"There is a word which has been removed, it is the word wolf"
The candidate RN, given at the head of the first round of regional by the polls, denounces "truncated remarks, reported by Liberation with the aim of harming".
"There is a word that has been removed, it is the word wolf," he said Monday on CNews.
A version already mentioned Sunday by Marine Le Pen, who had indicated that Julien Odoul also spoke of "the wolf and the defenders of the wolf" and "absolutely not farmers".
According to the political newsletter of Liberation, “Chez Pol”, “the RN is lying to protect his head”.
“The wolf is never mentioned” in the recorded conversation.
In addition, still according to Liberation, three regional RN advisers made a report to the courts, in which they accuse Julien Odoul of having employed a fictitious assistant for several months.
The Dijon prosecutor's office indicated that they had received nothing on this subject.
“These are off-topic accusations.
(This assistant) provided her work ”, affirms Julien Odoul, who will file a complaint for“ slanderous denunciations ”against“ these bitter and revengeful elected officials who were not reinvested as they wanted ”.
As for the charming video "14 years old" and "unearthed" last week, "it is tinged with detestable homophobic overtones", denounces the former model, who "assumes it perfectly".
"If you pose for gay magazines, it's personal," not politics, he adds.