French Weekly Releases Recordings Condemning Journalists Blackmailing Morocco
Paris - French weekly "Le Journal du Dimanche" released excerpts of recordings condemning journalists Eric Laurent and Catherine Graciet, accused of attempted extortion of funds from Morocco.
Source : https://www.emouaten.com/english/French-Weekly-Rel...
The paper had access to the conversations between the two journalists and a lawyer representing Morocco during which Catherine Graciet and Eric Laurent formulated their offer and pledged to abandon their book on Morocco and write nothing about the Kingdom against a sum of two million euros.
Eric Laurent and Catherine Graciet, who were arrested on Thursday in Paris for attempting to extort money from Morocco, were brought on Friday before the examining magistrate.
Eric Laurent had contacted the Royal Office to announce that he is about to publish, along with Catherine Graciet, a book on Morocco and that he is ready to give it up for the sum of three million euros.
After a first meeting between the journalist and the lawyer representing the Moroccan party, the Kingdom decided to file a complaint with the Paris' public prosecutor.
A new meeting with the French journalist was organized, under the supervision of the police and the public prosecutor's department, and Laurent's statements were recorded and pictures were taken.
French TV channel BFM TV on Saturday broadcast the contractual letter signed by the two reporters in which they commit notably to refraining from writing anything or directly or indirectly expressing publicly their viewpoints on Morocco even through a third party. They also admit, in this letter, having received a down payment of 80,000 euros in exchange of their silence.
Eric Laurent and Catherine Graciet, who were arrested on Thursday in Paris for attempting to extort money from Morocco, were brought on Friday before the examining magistrate.
Eric Laurent had contacted the Royal Office to announce that he is about to publish, along with Catherine Graciet, a book on Morocco and that he is ready to give it up for the sum of three million euros.
After a first meeting between the journalist and the lawyer representing the Moroccan party, the Kingdom decided to file a complaint with the Paris' public prosecutor.
A new meeting with the French journalist was organized, under the supervision of the police and the public prosecutor's department, and Laurent's statements were recorded and pictures were taken.
French TV channel BFM TV on Saturday broadcast the contractual letter signed by the two reporters in which they commit notably to refraining from writing anything or directly or indirectly expressing publicly their viewpoints on Morocco even through a third party. They also admit, in this letter, having received a down payment of 80,000 euros in exchange of their silence.
Source : https://www.emouaten.com/english/French-Weekly-Rel...