Overview
- Prosecutors requested five years of ineligibility with provisional execution, one year of home detention under electronic monitoring, and a €25,000 fine for Laurent Degallaix.
- The court scheduled its decision for April 30, after the municipal votes on March 15 and 22 in which the mayor is a declared candidate.
- Degallaix admitted a past intimate relationship with the complainant but denied intervening to secure her hiring or pressuring her to withdraw her complaint.
- The hearing proceeded after the defense failed to win a postponement and later condemned the requisitions as disproportionate.
- Penalties were also sought for three co-defendants, including two for witness tampering and one for illegal taking of interests, as the prosecutor noted Degallaix’s 2019 conviction for a similar offense.