Already targeted by an investigation for “rape of minors” since the end of January, television producer Gérard Louvin and her husband, Daniel Moyne, are the subject of new investigations after indirect testimony accusing them of sex tourism in Brazil in 2004.
This new investigation was opened after indirect testimony accusing them of sex tourism in Brazil in 2004, at the beginning of August, also for “rape of minors”, and the investigations were entrusted to the brigade for the protection of minors (BPM), announced the Paris prosecutor’s office, Saturday 11 September, confirming information from Parisian.
Contacted by Agence France-Presse (AFP), lawyers for Mr. Louvin and Mr. Moyne contested the facts with which they are accused.
“It is no longer a question of justice but of a determination that no element justifies”, estimated Me Céline Bekerman, who defends Mr. Moyne. Mr Louvin’s lawyer, Me Christophe Ayela, for his part announced that he would file a complaint on Monday for slanderous denunciation against this couple, as well as another against The Parisian.
“We don’t dirty people like that”, he added, claiming that “The attempted extortion”, according to him, Olivier A., the nephew of Mr. Louvin who accused his uncle and his companion of incest in a complaint and who is himself the subject of an investigation for ” blackmail “, had triggered “A lot of greed and slander”.
“Minors from the favelas”
“In the spring, a couple who had resided in Rio de Janeiro between 1999 and 2009 communicated to the courts a certificate in which they claimed to have been aware of the organization by the two men of” paid sex parties “with minors from the favelas”, recount The Parisian. “The two witnesses are essentially referring to a party that was allegedly organized on New Year’s Eve at the end of 2004. A“ paid sex party ”which they did not attend, but which, according to their statements, was reported to them by the star host Julien Courbet and his wife ”, continues the newspaper. According to the couple, Julien Courbet, who had come to dine at his place the day after the events, said to himself “Shocked” of the atmosphere at this evening.
“This is completely false, Mr. Courbet has never witnessed anything”, told AFP the lawyer for the host, Mr.e Sylvie Noachovitch. If it had been, “He would have immediately denounced it to the Paris prosecutor”, she assured, announcing that she would file a complaint for “Defamation” against the couple.
This couple was auditioned on August 12 “By videoconference by a policewoman from the brigade for the protection of minors” and a “Confirmed these written accusations”, according to The Parisian.
The lawyers of MM. Louvin, Moyne and Courbet for their part confirmed that their clients had been heard at the end of August by the BPM. According to Me Ayela, Mr. Louvin was then questioned as part of the first investigation against him. This was opened on January 21, after the filing of a complaint by Olivier A., accusing his uncle Gérard Louvin of having “Favored” of the incestuous rapes committed on him by her husband, Daniel Moyne. Since then, five other complaints for “rape” and “sexual assault” against the couple have been filed in Paris.
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