Weakened by his double cancer, the ex-businessman Bernard Tapie did not fail to lose his temper on Monday against the judge, on the first day of his trial in the so-called "arbitration" case.

The defense then launched into a long statement in an attempt to demonstrate the procedural irregularity.  

Bernard Tapie is back in court.

The businessman is retried since Monday afternoon for fraud after his release, a little over a year ago, in the so-called "arbitration" case, during which 403 million euros had been granted to him in 2008 to settle his old dispute with Crédit Lyonnais.

Bernard Tapie, who is battling double cancer, appeared physically weakened, his voice hoarse.

However, the ex-businessman has lost none of his fighting spirit.

The debates had barely started when Bernard Tapie could not restrain his first outburst of anger, just after the traditional personality questioning which opens each trial.

"Name, date of birth, profession ... Did you say actor?" Asks the president.

"Yes, but I can't anymore because I lost my voice," Tapie answers, barely audible.

A civilized attitude that quickly leaves room for his passion to convince.

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"If the Adidas case is closed, I have nothing more to say, I am leaving"

Bernard Tapie launches into the history of the case.

But the president interrupts him: "We are not going to redo the Adidas affair", she blurted.

And there is the explosion.

Bernard Tapie gets angry, raises his tone like someone trying to shout with an extinction of voice.

He throws off his mask and provokes court.

"If the Adidas case is closed, I have nothing more to say, I'm leaving," he annoys.

It will take the reassuring presence of his counsel to calm him down and bring him to his senses before the defense lawyers embark, one by one, in a succession of legal arguments challenging the regularity of the trial.

Bernard Tapie remains seated but he is seething.

It is even he who gets up to adjust the microphone of one of his councils, thus showing his determination, down to the smallest details, to lead this legal fight to the end.