Patrick Balkany was sentenced Friday to four years in prison for tax evasion. The elected Hauts-de-Seine spent his first night in the prison of health in Paris. Europe 1 met his wife and first assistant mayor, Isabelle Balkany, while she was walking on a market in Levallois-Perret. "I did not sleep, I'm tired, because I was worried about Patrick," she admits.
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According to them, my Patrick stayed as he always is: positive and straight in his boots
Isabelle Balkany claims to have heard from her husband's lawyers, Éric Dupond-Moretti and Antoine Vey. "They phoned me and reassured me, confirming that Patrick had slept and taken his medicine," she says, relieved. "According to them, my Patrick stayed as he always is: positive and straight in his boots."
"He had only one minute on the phone to devote myself"
The elected of Levallois-Perret could also get in direct contact with her husband by phone. "He only had a minute to spare, so we did it quickly!" She laments. "He told me that the doctor had gone to see him to administer his medicine." She hopes to see him quickly but admits that "it's not easy". "I was told in the week," she says.