Victim of what he presents as a scam, Enrico Macias is now ruined. The singer explains his situation without complaining. On the contrary, he relativizes and says he is happy by focusing on what he considers to be essential in life.
Although he hasn’t released anything new for four years and the album Enrico Macias & Al Orchestra, Enrico Macias remains a model for the young generation of French singers from the height of his 60-year career. Seen recently on stage alongside Amir or Kendji Girac who currently shares a duet with Florent Pagny, the interpreter of girls from my country is going back on the road this year to a new anniversary tour which will take him to Israel next summer. It is to promote this series of concerts called One more round and recently passed in Reims that the artist spoke at the microphone of the radio RTL. The opportunity for him to confide also on more personal subjects, in particular his difficult financial situation since he fell victim to what he presents as a scam.
after losing 20 million euros invested in an Icelandic bank that went bankrupt in 2008, and sentenced six years later to pay 30 million euros to its Luxembourg subsidiary, Enrico Macias says ruin. “It was a huge injustice For me” he explained to our colleagues, while remaining positive despite everything. “It’s not serious” he said, far from materialistic. “You don’t take your house or your money to the afterlife. Losing material possessions is nothing compared to loved ones. Even if I’m ruined, I’m happy as I am” added the one who lost his wife in 2008, visibly serene despite the situation.
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Enrico Macias mortgaged his villa in Saint-Tropez
The case dates back to 2008 and the Icelandic financial crisis. Enrico Macias had mortgaged his villa in St-Tropez by investing these 20 million euros in Landsbanki. After his conviction in 2014, he had filed a complaint for fraud and has been fighting for a long time. Luxembourg justice had initially agreed with the bank to which the artist opposes, before confirming this decision on appeal three years later. In 2019, his appeal in cassation had moreover been rejected. Nevertheless, there is still a chance for Enrico Macias to win his showdownsince in 2021 the European Court of Human Rights recognized that the Luxembourg Court of Cassation had not given him “right to a fair trial”. So the case is not over.