“These are mafia methods.” On July 11, before investigating judge Vincent Lemonier, the former editorial director of the newspaper The team (2015-2023) Jérôme Cazadieu does not mince his words about these fake accounts, on the Germain social network, as part of an online defamation campaign.
Victim of a “cyberbullying campaign” dedicated to the “very dirty” and the “denigrate”, Since autumn 2018 “in Covid”, In 2020, Cazadieu decided, unlike his former newspaper, to become a civil party in the context of the judicial investigation opened, in September 2022, by the Paris prosecutor’s office into the nonsense surrounding PSG and its president, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, known as “NAK”.
Executive of the commercial subsidiary of the Professional Football League since September 2023, Cazadieu mentioned before the investigating judge – according to the judicial elements that include The world has become aware of what he considers to have endured: this “outpouring of hatred”abuse, “attacks”, “montages”, “threats” sure “ [son] physical integrity », ” sure [sa] writing “, “ sure [ses] children “.
At the origin, according to him, of this “infernal machine”, “rising up against [lui] »of “this psychological war” ? Jean-Martial Ribes, former PSG communications director (2017-2022) and NAK confidant, accused in this case, among others, of “corruption”, “influence peddling” and “online moral harassment”.
“He threatened us”
As Half part As revealed in October 2022, this “digital army” was founded by a subsidiary of the Digital Big Brother (DBB) communication agency. The latter had created a fake account, Paname Squad, to spread opinions and directly attack various media (such as Half part AND The team) as well as players such as Parisian star Kylian Mbappé.
DBB received the mandate of the club’s management in 2018, and a “purchase order” with the company, “Need to invoice the club”had been signed by “five, six club directors”including Ribes, recognized the former PSG “dircom” in police custody.
Contacted, Mr. Ribes’ lawyer, Romain Vanni, declined to comment on this aspect, his client “reserving his first explanations for the investigating judge.” As for Mr Cazadieu, he did not follow up. His lawyer, Stéphanie Zaks, confirmed that her client did not wish to comment.
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