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Crans-Montana Fire Probe Intensifies as Owners Seek to Halt Witness Portal

The case has shifted to potential managerial negligence following the owner's admission that key safety documents are missing.

Overview

  • Lawyers for Jacques and Jessica Moretti asked Valais prosecutors to order attorney Romain Jordan to shut a site collecting photos, videos and tips, arguing it violates Swiss procedure.
  • Jacques Moretti remains jailed in Sion while his wife is under reporting obligations and a travel ban as prosecutors examine possible homicide, injury and negligence charges.
  • Interrogation records show Jacques Moretti said renovation and safety paperwork is no longer available, complicating checks on compliance at the underground venue.
  • The Morettis told investigators a waitress, Cyane Panine, acted on her own with a pyrotechnic bottle, a claim disputed by her family and former staff who describe management‑driven performances.
  • Witness accounts and first responder notes describe overcrowding, an obstructed or locked exit, a narrowed staircase where most victims were found, no accessible extinguisher, 40 dead and more than 100 hospitalized; Italy is pressing for coordination and its experts flagged the lack of autopsies.