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Firecracker affair: Jean Alesi recognizes a "stupid and childish joke"

2021-12-25T17:56:16.338Z


The former Formula 1 driver had not slipped since his retirement from the circuits. Blamed in the degradation of the architectural firm of


It's a firecracker that will have made almost as much noise as a Formula 1 engine launched in the middle of a straight line.

A week after its explosion, near an architectural firm located in downtown Villeneuve-Lès-Avignon (Gard), he continues to plunge his "fireworks" into a legal and media turmoil.

The "bad joke" made by Jean Alesi will be worth the ex-Formula 1 driver of the Ferrari team to appear in 2023 before the criminal court for "voluntary degradation".

If he assumes to have lit the fuse, the pilot nevertheless considers, through the voice of his lawyer, that the consequences of his action are disproportionate.

While the prosecution believes that the facts were committed in a context of family tensions, Me Thibault de Montbrial, counsel for Jean Alesi, formally denies any animosity between the pilot and his victim, wrongly qualified as "brother-in-law" in communication from the prosecution.

“This man was in a relationship for three years with Mr. Alesi's sister,” explains Me de Montbrial.

They separated amicably almost two years ago.

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He would have bought the material for the New Year's Eve fireworks

Why, in this case, stop on a Sunday evening around 10 p.m. near his workplace to detonate a relatively strong fireworks display? Me Thibault de Montbrial advances the “impulsiveness” of his client, seized with a sudden idea of ​​detonating the machine, and to let the occupant of the premises know later. "Nothing was premeditated", assures Me de Montbrial. Initially, still according to his advice, Jean Alesi had bought this big firecracker in Ventimiglia (Italy) with a view to the end of the year celebrations.

This Sunday, December 19, he nevertheless borrowed his brother's car to go to town.

At the wheel: his son, Giuliano Alesi, 22 years old.

A friend of the latter took a seat in the back.

Me Thibault de Montbrial also explains that the father and son, Formula 2 driver residing in Japan, had not seen each other for nearly a year before this noisy and curiously celebrated reunion day.

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“When Mr. Alesi asked his son to stop in Town Hall Square, where the architectural firm is located, he did not inform him of his intentions. In the process, Jean Alesi approached the glass door of the cabinet, which shattered under the shock of the explosion, which also caused slight damage inside the room. First surprised by their scale, Jean Alesi returned to the vehicle driven by his son. The trio then left, before being identified by the car's license plate. It is also the brother of Jean Alesi who was first arrested, before the former pilot himself went to the police to denounce himself.

“It's a stupid, childish joke.

Jean Alesi recognizes it, notes his lawyer.

But we have to put things in perspective.

The family context put forward by the prosecution does not exist, and there is all the same a real discrepancy between the nature of these facts and the serious facts of delinquency that the courts of the sector may know.

"Already, Jean Alesi, in contact with his" victim ", has undertaken to pay rubies on the nail for the damage he has caused.

Source: leparis

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