Overview

• Mimi Marchand is on trial in Paris for allegedly extorting her friend Karine Le Marchand by demanding payments to suppress photos of the presenter’s minor daughter.
• Her defense contended on June 2 that no legal extortion took place because no threats, violence or coercion were ever used.
• Prosecutor Marion Adam asked the tribunal for a one-year suspended prison sentence and a €20,000 fine, noting Marchand’s lack of remorse.
• Marchand admitted under questioning that she had lied about the source of the images, which were taken by her regular paparazzo, Sébastien Valiela.
• Co-defendants Valiela and a police officer who tipped off the paparazzo face similar suspended sentences and the court will deliver its verdict on July 1.