Jean-Yves Moyart, the lawyer turned writer.
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M.Libert / 20 Minutes
He was known under the name of "Master Mô".
Me Jean-Yves Moyart's blog will now remain silent.
The Lille lawyer, known throughout France for his behind-the-scenes chronicles of justice, died on Saturday at the age of 53.
A shock for the legal world and for his many friends.
"If one day I die"
On March 5, 2019, when the cancer was already eating him away, he tweeted: "If one day I die, which would really surprise me, do not say my supposed qualities or remember what I did or said, say that you miss me, that you would like to still love me or laugh with me, or say nothing at all.
Finally, without ordering you.
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If one day I die, which would surprise me sincerely, do not say my supposed qualities or do not recall what I did or said;
say that you miss me, that you would like to love me again or laugh with me, or say nothing at all.
Finally, without ordering you.
- Maitre Mô (@MaitreMo) March 5, 2019
The humor and humanism of this criminal lawyer are summed up in this sentence à la Pierre Desproges.
The man liked to comment on the news on Twitter where he had more than 73,000 subscribers.
But his passion was above all to defend desperate cases, in the courtroom.
"Those who have less than forty words to defend themselves," he used to say.
He also loved playing with words, to the point of having written several books.
Farewell my Jean-Yves, @MaitreMo ... Thirty years on the same rough and laborious path to justice.
But your voice, your laughter, your jokes, in short your famous talent, brought lightness where we suffered, poetry where hopes were lacking.
I am deeply sad.
- Frank Berton (@ frankberton3) February 20, 2021
The lawyers of the Lille bar, who worked with him, pay him unanimous tribute on social networks.
He was sworn in in Lille in 1992.
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