Overview

• French prosecutor Pierre Couttenier warned that posting suspect identities and AI-generated sketches on Instagram risks violating the presumption of innocence and hindering the investigation.
• Robert and Carmen Geiss have paused their large-scale Saint-Tropez construction project and strengthened on-site security after four armed intruders assaulted them and stole €200,000 worth of valuables.
• Reinhold and Margret Geiss publicly defended their son and daughter-in-law, condemning online hate and urging understanding of the family’s traumatic ordeal.
• Carmen Geiss insisted that the couple must maintain their business activities to support their employees, declaring, “We are entrepreneurs, not abstainers.”
• The Geissens continue to cooperate with French investigators while weighing long-term safety measures, including potential relocation from the south of France.