Almost two months after her appearance before the Nantes Criminal Court, Joëlle Kerivin, the former director of the famous Nantes classical music festival La Folle Journée, is fixed on her sentence.
This Thursday, the justice rendered its decision.
She was sentenced to three years in prison, including 26 months suspended.
As for the ten months in prison, his sentence has been adjusted.
She will have to do it at home with the wearing of an electronic bracelet.
Not present during the deliberation delivered at 2 p.m., the former director of the cultural event, from 2014 to March 2021, was found guilty of misuse of corporate assets, breach of trust and embezzlement of public funds.
She will have to repay her remaining debts to the public limited company of mixed economy (SAEM) La Folle Journée, ie 232,000 euros.
Same sanction in favor of the Simone de Beauvoir space, an association fighting for women's rights, of which she served as president from 2013 to 2021, to which she will have to reimburse 61,000 euros.
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Psychological and psychiatric care
His sentence is accompanied by a lifetime ban on exercising, on a professional or voluntary basis, a financial management activity.
She is also sentenced to a ban on managing or controlling a company for fifteen years and ineligibility for five years.
She also has the obligation to exercise a professional activity and to follow psychological and psychiatric care.
Auditor sentenced
The Nantes court sentenced the auditor, also prosecuted in this case, to a six-month suspended prison sentence.
“It was important to also condemn him for his culpable negligence
,” said Christophe Boog, lawyer for the city of Nantes.
“The court condemned Joëlle Kerivin to a relatively severe sentence by going beyond the requisitions”
, reacted Nicolas de la Taste, lawyer for the Folle Journée.
The prosecution had requested a four-year suspended prison sentence in March.
The court
"took the measure of the magnitude of the amounts embezzled and the duration of the facts"
, which occurred between 2014 and 2021, he added.
“The court condemned Joëlle Kerivin fairly and firmly after a hearing which had demonstrated her manipulative capacities”
, commented Cécile de Oliveira, lawyer for the Simone de Beauvoir space.
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High-end clothing
During her trial on March 9, Joëlle Kerivin did not deny the embezzlement of money.
“
I recognize all the facts with which I am accused
,” said the fifty-year-old on several occasions, invited to speak at the bar.
“
I think I've always had personal management issues, which have been amplified.
I fell into a spiral, I managed absolutely nothing and I committed something irreparable in a way
, ”she said, acknowledging that she had always lived beyond her means.
Among the embezzled money, part was used to buy high-end clothes, at Zadig and Voltaire, Bash, or financed hairdressing services.
“
I don't think I will forgive myself for what happened.
I have disappointed people who are very dear to me.
What I want today is to repair and try to continue despite everything to move forward
, ”said Joëlle Kerivin during her trial.
