“The truth is not unique”
, explains Christophe Rocancourt learnedly.
Velvet pants, navy sweater over a white T-shirt, sneakers, glasses with barely tinted lenses, the “artist scammer” (definition of himself that he gave during the investigation) looks a bit like the actor Gary Oldman trying to step into the shoes of a conman sent back to correctional.
Central figure in the trial of a nesting file involving, among others, the former minister Kofi Yamgnane, the ex-prefect Prouteau and the former boss of the Parisian PJ Bernard Petit, Mr. Rocancourt summarizes the procedure :
"It's a bit of a cornecul story".
He has the confidence of regulars in the courtroom who are not put off by any inconsistency - he said everything and its opposite about his own role - the banter of kids born in the stream and, unlike all the other defendants, much more to loose.
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