The prosecution requests a dismissal of charges for Isabelle Adjani, indicted for fraud since 2020

The Paris prosecutor's office requested a dismissal of charges for Isabelle Adjani, indicted for fraud since 2020 after the complaint of a former consultant who accused her of having falsified the repayment of his debts to him, we learned AFP Thursday from sources close to the matter.

According to these sources, the boss of the Bestimage paparazzi agency, the queen of the celebrity press Michèle “Mimi” Marchand, also prosecuted in this case for complicity in fraud, is also the subject of dismissal requests. of the public prosecutor's office.

The final decision on whether to hold a trial rests with the investigating judge in charge of the case. As Libération revealed in 2022, the affair began in 2011, when Sébastien G., strategy consultant, was called upon to manage Isia Films, the actress' company. While, according to the newspaper, the interpreter of La Reine Margot was experiencing “a delicate financial situation” at that time, Sébastien G. “opened a line of credit to her on his personal bank account, paid some of her taxes, had her assigned an American Express card.

In exchange, according to two sources close to the matter, the actress with five Oscars is suspected of having engaged in several projects, including a documentary on ex-escort Zahia Dehar. But relations worsened while Isabelle Adjani would have spent the money lavishly, according to the daily: “in July 2012, Sébastien G. took away her bank card (...) Four days later, he was dismissed from his role as manager of Isia Films.

At the same time, Sébastien G. would have discovered that these projects were failing or did not really exist. The actress then owes 157,000 euros that Sébastien G. would have advanced to her. “To reassure her creditor, Isabelle Adjani sent him proof of payment (...) and of her good faith. But in reality, the money would never have reached its recipient,” writes Libération.

Sébastien G. filed a complaint against the star in October 2015, leading to the indictment of the actress for fraud and “Mimi” Marchand for complicity. The latter is suspected of having played a role in providing these false “proof of payment”.

According to one of the sources close to the case, the Paris public prosecutor's office rules out the alleged fraud because "the chronology of the facts does not make it possible to establish a link between the handing over and retention of the bank card and the failure of the credit card project. documentary on Zahia Dehar”, “this project and its twists and turns linked to its financing are subsequent” to the loan of the means of payment. None of the lawyers for the parties contacted wished to comment.