The call for a coup d’état launched by Francis Lalanne had caused a stir! On January 22, 2021, the 62-year-old singer published in France Evening a forum entitled “I call” in which the figure close to the yellow vests called for the overthrow of Emmanuel Macron. “The government is insidiously committing a coup in the name of COVID and is preparing to institute tyranny as an avatar of the Republic, unbeknownst to the French people “, he wrote in this text. The interpreter ofWe will meet each other again thus asked the army to “take up arms” to put “unable to harm the President of the Republic”, but also “put an end to the exercise of the mandate of the current President of the Republic” and finally to do it “appear before a tribunal constituted in High court, to answer for the head of High treason”. A call taken very seriously by justice since January 27, the Paris prosecutor’s office opened a preliminary investigation against the musician. Francis Lalanne was heard on February 5 by the Brigade for the repression of delinquency in persons (BRDP) and could face up to five years’ imprisonment and a fine of 45,000 euros.
A decision “logic” according to the star’s lawyer
Thursday April 1, 2021, AFP, quoted by The Parisian, announced that the Paris prosecutor’s office had finally “classified without continuation” this survey. A decision “logic” according to Maître Emmanuel Ludot, lawyer for Francis Lalanne. “The public prosecutor does not want to put oil on the fire. I draw a parallel with Corine Masiero. It is the same approach: a cry of alarm on the current situation of artists and intermittents of the spectacle”, he said, making an obvious reference to the Caesar 2021 streak in which the actress from Captain Marleau had undressed on stage. Francis Lalanne, a former Top 50 star, has tried his luck in politics several times, often within environmental parties. During the 2019 European elections, he had led a yellow Alliance list, which had obtained only 0.54% of the vote.
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