Since his custody on May 24 and 25, then his indictment by the examining magistrate Jean-Michel Gentil for "
money laundering and complicity in fraud
" in a vast case of trafficking in antiquities, the former president of the Louvre has remained silent.
Thursday, his relatives said he was "
combative and determined
" to bring out the truth, convinced that he will manage to make his voice heard.
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Faced with the surge, and while the twists and turns of a case that has been going on for years are taking on a new dimension, his lawyers have chosen to publish a short press release on Thursday afternoon.
“
Jean-Luc Martinez disputes with the greatest firmness his questioning in this case,
explain Jacqueline Laffont and François Artuphel of the cabinet Haïk and associates.
He reserves his statements to the courts for the time being and has no doubt that his good faith will be established.
»
According to
Le Canard enchaîné,
which revealed the police custody on Tuesday evening, the investigators are trying to find out if Jean-Luc Martinez would have
“turned a blind eye”
to…
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