José Anigo in 2013 in Naples -

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Is José Anigo going to sleep in prison?

The Marseille public prosecutor's office appealed against the placement under judicial supervision of the former sports director and former OM coach José Anigo, indicted for criminal conspiracy with a view to organized gang extortion and with a view to committing a crime. organized crime, he announced Thursday.

"The Marseille prosecutor's office has appealed against the decision of the judge of freedoms and detention placing him under judicial control," wrote the prosecutor Thursday evening in a statement about the current recruiter from Nottingham Forest (English L2).

He had requested that he be placed in pre-trial detention.

"Marseille banditry"

A week ago the prosecution announced the dismantling of "a team of criminals engaging in diverse criminal activities and belonging to Marseille banditry", a team suspected in particular of "money laundering and extortion to the detriment of night establishments and in the world of football ”.

Seventeen people in total were indicted in this case: among them twelve were placed in pre-trial detention and five left free under judicial supervision, including José Anigo, the prosecution said Thursday.

His lawyer Me Emmanuel Molina had indicated that "the judicial debate was far from over since it remains presumed innocent and that the investigations and appeals which remain to be carried out will demonstrate that this procedure is questionable in form and in substance".

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