Overview

• Publisher Plon was warned of potential lawsuits roughly three weeks before the scheduled 2 October release of Les Complices du mal, according to the reporting.
• Attorney Me Mathieu Davy issued a formal mise en demeure requesting that the publisher provide an advance copy within 24 hours.
• Plon is preparing to publish the investigation by journalist Omar Youssef Souleimane, which the author says examines demonstrations and meetings he attended undercover.
• The book alleges links between certain LFI figures and Islamist projects seeking to impose sharia‑compatible social norms, naming Jean‑Luc Mélenchon, Rima Hassan, Thomas Portes and Sébastien Delogu.
• These claims are reported by French outlets and have not been independently verified, and the author argues the legal pressure will only draw more attention to the release.