We will have to wait a little longer to see the little family of chained duck wash your dirty clothes in public. The trial of two former directors of the weekly, Michel Gaillard and Nicolas Brimo, who were due to be tried starting Tuesday, October 8, in particular for embezzlement of business assets, was postponed until July 8, 2025.
The Paris criminal court ruled that it was impossible to hold this hearing in the absence of the other two defendants in the case, designer André Escaro and Edith Vandendaele. It is suspected that the latter benefited from a fictitious job at the newspaper, after the retirement, in 1996, of the former, her husband, who continued to contribute drawings to the newspaper until 2022. The damages were assessed by the newspaper’s financial brigade. judicial police by 1.45 million euros (during the period maintained by the courts from 2010 to 2022).
Mr. Escaro, 96, was not present in court due to his health. Suffering from several illnesses, he was hospitalized for two weeks in September. “André Escaro is extremely weakened, he sleeps all day, he falls at night. “For him it is an ordeal.”his lawyer, Jean-Baptiste Marre, argued that he had no formal power to represent him. “I refuse to make his defense sign a blank check, although I don’t know if he is aware of what is going to happen today”justified the council by adding that his client was “probably dying”. This situation also explains, according to M.my Fed up, the absence of Mme Vandendaele: “She may be living her husband’s last moments. You cannot reasonably be present at this hearing. »
Medical experience of the former designer.
The respective lawyers of Messrs. Brimo and Gaillard, Jérémie Assous and Frédérique Beaulieu joined this request for referral. “Mr. Gaillard’s defense needs the presence of Mr. Escaro, if he can come, and the presence of Mr.me Vandevaelde, whose word is essential »argued M.my Beaulieu.
On the opposite benches, the advice of Christophe Nobili, the journalist of Duck by which the matter broke out, considered that this claim was a maneuver “dilatory”. MM. Gaillard and Brimo “seek to avoid being judged”attacked Pierre-Olivier Lambert and Maria Cornaz Bassoli, asking in vain for the separation of Mr. Escaro’s case. Prosecutor Hadrien Aramini had the same argument and made this observation: “The likelihood that Mr. Escaro’s condition will improve is slim to none. » Or, in the words of Maître Lambert: “The passage of time does not make us younger. »
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