Overview

• On June 13, the Besançon Court of Appeal dismissed civil claims against Jonathann Daval over his 2018 accusations that his in-laws killed his wife.
• Daval is serving a 25-year sentence for strangling and burning the body of his wife Alexia after her disappearance in October 2017.
• A first-instance ruling in April 2024 acquitted him of ‘dénonciation calomnieuse’, concluding his allegations were not made ‘spontaneously’ as required by law.
• The Fouillot family had sought a total of €60,000 in moral damages, with Grégory Gay claiming €30,000 and Alexia’s parents and sister €10,000 each.
• Lawyers for Alexia’s relatives announced they will file a pourvoi to the Cour de Cassation to challenge legal protections for false testimony.