The financing of a film that she co -produced by an Indian company led her to a magistrate. The actress Julie is fine was heard in free hearing in October, on suspicions of corruption relating to the Sale of Rafale aircraft in India And on the financing of a film which she co -produced by an Indian company that took part in the market, a judicial source said on Wednesday.
This source confirmed release information according to which François Hollande’s partnerpresident at the time of the signing of the contract, was heard in free hearing, a status of person questioned, in October 2024.
The sale of Rafale to India, dating from September 2016 for an amount of 7.8 billion euros, has aroused the stir in the Asian giant for several years. Dassault had won a call for tenders in 2012 to provide 126 aircraft and have been negotiating with the Indian aircraft manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL). Negotiations concluded “95 %” in March 2015, according to Dassault.
But the following month, after an official visit to France of Narendra Modi, the negotiations were broken to everyone’s surprise. Reliance Group, a private company without experience in the aeronautical industry, had then imposed itself at the expense of HAL to finalize a new contract, relating to the delivery of 36 aircraft.
In January 2016, at the time of the final negotiations, Reliance Group participated in the financing, for 1.6 million euros and via an investment fund, of a film co-produced by Julie Gayet.
“Pure coincidence”
“It has absolutely nothing to do, it is a pure coincidence. It was not Julie Gayet who was related to the Indians, it was My Family, the company of Kev Adams. Julie Gayet gave all the elements, all the information to the investigators, “said his lawyer, Me Jean Ennochi.
“Reliance is one of the world leaders in cinema, which had an interest in the film,” he added.
The former head of the State had defended himself in September 2018 from any conflict of interest, claiming that France had “had no choice” of the Indian partner of Dassault, aroused a number of reactions in India.
He had used this argument to argue that reliance “did not have to (him) to do any grace anything. I couldn’t even imagine that there was any link with a film by Julie Gayet, “he said.
A canceled tax recovery
In April 2019, The world had also revealed that France had canceled a tax recovery in 2015 With a total amount of 143.7 million euros targeting a French company belonging to Reliance Group, at the very moment when this sale was negotiated.
In June 2019, the National Financial Public Prosecutor’s Office (PNF) ranked a first complaint from Sherpa. The NGO then filed a new complaint, which led to the opening of a judicial information in June 2021, entrusted to two investigating judges.
Dassault was searched in France in February 2022.
