US EditionMayor Faces Blackmail and Conspiracy Charges in Sex‑tape Case
- The mayor of Saint-Étienne, Jean-Michel Perdriau, went on trial in 2025 for allegedly ordering a video trap against his deputy involving a male prostitute.
- The case arose from claims that the video trap aimed to expose Gilles Artigues' repressed homosexuality, with accusations involving Perdriau's chief of staff Pierre Gauttieri.
- Former deputy Samy Kefi-Jerome admitted hiding the camera, while Gilles Rossary-Lenglet revealed the plot in 2022 and alleged he received €40,000 in municipal subsidies linked to the operation.
- Perdriau, along with three of his deputies and staff members, is accused of involvement in extortion, plotting illegal activities, and misappropriating municipal finances, facing up to a decade behind bars if convicted; however, Kefi-Jerome stated there is no evidence proving Perdriau had prior knowledge of these actions.
- The case involves several of Perdriau's staff and deputies, and the mayor has indicated that he may seek re-election in the 2026 municipal elections for the city of 175,000 residents.
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Gaël Perdriau, mayor of Saint-Etienne, tried to give explanations this Tuesday in the correctional court about his involvement in the case of blackmail with sextape.
The trial of the mayor of Saint-Etienne, Gaël Perdriau, and his relatives is held this week. They are accused of using an intimate video of a political rival to muzzle him and blackmail him. They risk up to ten years in prison and a sentence of ineligibility.
At the trial of the sextape, the former chief of staff of Gaël Perdriau testified against the mayor of Saint-Étienne, claiming that he had decided to make a compromising video The mayor of Saint
The trial of blackmail at the sextape that shook the city of Saint-Étienne opened on Monday in Lyon. On the bench of the accused, eight defendants, including the mayor of the city Gaël Perdriau, are accused of having blackmailed...
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