Overview

• Testifying in court, Pierre Gauttieri said Gaël Perdriau "took the decision" to carry out the operation and told him he would handle the financing.
• Perdriau denied ordering or using the compromising video and said he never saw it before it became public.
• Perdriau and several associates are on trial in Lyon for blackmail, criminal association and misappropriation of public funds, offenses that carry up to ten years in prison and possible ineligibility.
• Investigators and witnesses describe a 2015 setup that secretly filmed deputy Gilles Artigues with an escort and funding routed through two city-backed associations before reaching Gilles Rossary-Lenglet.
• Gauttieri acknowledged past threats captured on recordings and said he initially shielded the mayor before reversing course and cooperating in 2023.