Overview
- Lawyer Olivia Ronen said Abdeslam wants to "open a door" to civil parties to explain his situation and discuss detention and the trial if victims agree.
- Bataclan survivor Arthur Dénouveaux said several victims are interested in restorative justice, which could lead to tightly supervised prison meetings.
- Prosecutors placed Abdeslam in custody twice last week over a USB drive said to contain propaganda tied to ISIS or al‑Qaeda and requested his subsequent indictment.
- Investigators say the USB was handed to him during a prison visit by ex‑partner Maëva B., who has been formally investigated and jailed and is also suspected in a foiled plot.
- Domestic security chief Céline Berthon stated Abdeslam remains radicalized but is not implicated in the suspected attack plan under investigation.