Overview
- After a second hearing, Bergé was again placed under the status of assisted witness in the Cour de justice de la République investigation, her lawyer confirmed.
- The inquiry examines whether she lied under oath in April 2024 about having no personal or friendly ties with FFEC lobbyist Elsa Hervy.
- Sources point to an email revealed by journalist Victor Castanet in which Bergé called Hervy “a friend” and said she would be helpful.
- The judicial investigation, opened at the end of January following a National Assembly referral, is ongoing as investigators review seized digital material.
- Both Bergé and Hervy deny any improper relationship; each has filed a defamation complaint over Castanet’s book, and Hervy has been questioned at least twice as a witness.