Europe 1 with AFP 15h51, 04 April 2023, modified at 15h52, 04 April 2023
The mayor of Saint-Étienne Gaël Perdriau was again placed in custody Tuesday by the judicial police of Lyon. The edile, formerly of the Republicans, is suspected of being involved in a case of political blackmail to the sex tape that has shaken the city since September 2022.The ex-LR mayor of Saint-Étienne Gaël Perdriau, suspected of being involved in a case of political blackmail to the sex tape that has shaken the city since September 2022, was again placed in custody Tuesday by the judicial police of Lyon, said his office. He was summoned by the judicial police Tuesday afternoon in Lyon, at the same time as his former chief of staff, his former deputy and the ex-companion of the latter: "it is the normal procedure that follows its course," told AFP his chief of staff Pierre Chappel. These hearings were confirmed to AFP from a source close to the investigation.
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