The Moma group, via its leader, Benjamin Patou, has initiated legal proceedings following a call for tenders for the management of a restaurant at the Longchamp racecourse, won by the Noctis group after the reopening of the Paris site in 2018 Searches took place at France Galop, a company that organizes races and lessors the most prestigious racetrack in France.
Its president Edouard de Rothschild was heard by the police last December.
According to our information, two people have been indicted: Fabrice Favetto Bon, marketing director at France Galop from 2017 to 2020, and one of the managers of Noctis.
"The criteria of the public tender procedure have been respected", according to France Galop
On the side of France Galop, serenity is in order even if the "separation" with Fabrice Favetto Bon, who notably worked in the organization of the 1998 Football World Cup, seems to have a link with this investigation.
“The criteria of the public tender procedure were respected, indicates a source close to the file and France Galop.
Since the start of this procedure, everything has been transparent on the part of the organizing company.
It could be a resentment between restaurateurs whose situation is all the more complicated with the Covid-19.
The investigators are carrying out their investigations, both pros and cons, and France Galop continues to collaborate with the greatest transparency, especially since no person implicated in this affair is employed within the company which organizes the horse races.
Whether it was Moma or Noctis, the two catering groups were unreachable.