Overview

• On July 1, 2025, the Paris tribunal correctionnel convicted Mimi Marchand of extortion for leveraging unauthorized photographs of Karine Le Marchand’s minor daughter.
• The court imposed an 18-month suspended prison term, a €25,000 fine and ordered Marchand to reimburse €1,600 plus €1,500 in moral damages.
• Marchand admitted under oath that she lied about blocking the images, which were shot by her regular paparazzo after she paid €3,000 in 2020 to suppress their sale.
• The trial spotlighted a network involving the Bestimage agency, its in-house paparazzo and a police officer accused of breaching professional secrecy to obtain custody information.
• Her lawyer immediately filed an appeal, arguing the extortion charge was neither legally nor materially established.