The lawyer Catherine Graciet, Mr. Eric Moutet, confirmed Friday the existence of a "financial deal" in a "very troubling context." "The Moroccan Kingdom has obvious settle accounts with Catherine Graciet, and a new book about the king's entourage is in preparation at the time the financial deal is taking place," he told AFP. For him, "it is precisely the attorney appointed by the king that traps journalists by wild recordings." "There is in this case a logical scheme that is in place," he ruled and "the investigation should determine the role of each."
The lawyer Eric Lawrence, William Bourdon, who also admitted to AFP the existence of a "financial agreement", has denied any blackmail or extortion, denouncing a "trap" and "manipulation" Moroccan authorities.
"Subject to EUR 3 million, I do not publish my book"
According to Mr. Eric Dupond-Moretti, one of the lawyers of Rabat, the case began on July 23: on that day, Eric Laurent had contacted the secretariat of the Royal Palace to announce the upcoming release of a controversial book containing " important things. " "A representative of the Palace was then sent to Paris, where the first meeting took place with Mr. Lawrence," said the lawyer, joined Thursday by Le Monde.
During the meeting, Mr. Laurent said they would now preparing a book compromising for the Palace. According to him, "Eric Lawrence said:" Listen, with € 3 million, I do not publish my book, a book that I prepare with Catherine Graciet ". "
"The Palace has decided to file a complaint with the Paris prosecutor. The police decided to hold a red-handed, "said Dupond-Moretti Me, which broke the story on Thursday afternoon on RTL antenna. In the aftermath, the Paris prosecutor opened a preliminary investigation and seize investigating judges.
Another meeting, listened to and monitored by the police, would then have been set. Laurent would have repeated the same proposal. A third meeting was set at Thursday, August 27 in a Paris restaurant. "This time Eric Laurent and Catherine Graciet were both present. A contract has been signed and a deposit of 80,000 euros was given to them, "said the lawyer. The two journalists were arrested at the exit of this meeting, they spent the night in custody.
For the lawyer Eric Laurent, on the contrary, "nothing in the record to establish [...] that one or other of journalists have initiated a discussion of a financial nature and no more would have required a payment in exchange for the waiver to publish the book.
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