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French justice on Friday validated the two recordings between the Lawyer of the Moroccan King Mohammed VI and two French journalists, Eric Laurent and his colleague Catherine Graciet, as an admissible proof in the blackmail and extortion legal proceedings. The Court of Cassation, the highest court in France to which the two journalists appealed, considered […]
French appeal court of Reims ruled this Thursday that the evidences provided by lawyers of King Mohammed VI of Morocco against two French blackmailers, journalists Eric Laurent and Catherine Graciet, are admissible and thus will be taken into consideration in the legal proceedings. The ruling upholds a prior decision issued by the Court of appeal […]
A French appeal court has turned down the pleas submitted by two French blackmailers, journalists Eric Laurent and Catherine Graciet, requesting the magistrates to discard the audio and video recordings showing them in full extortion acts. The case of the two French journalists who attempted to blackmail Morocco and King Mohammed VI broke out last […]
Burglars sneaked into the office of a renowned Paris-based lawyer, ransacked the place and robbed two computers. The incident, unveiled earlier this week by the French media, could have gone unnoticed were it not for one of the files the lawyer, Eric Dupond-Moretti, is currently in charge of and were it not for the outstanding […]
“How much do you want to drop your book project on Morocco and monarchy?” asked the lawyer of King of Mohammed VI, addressing French journalist Eric Laurent. “I want three,” replied bluntly Laurent. “Three what ?- three thousand ?” asked the lawyer . “No, three million,” said Laurent. “Three million dirhams?” asked the lawyer “No, […]
The two French journalists Eric Laurent and Catherine Graciet have been indicted early Saturday by a paris investigating judge for attempted blackmail and extortion against the King of Morocco Mohammed VI. The case which sounded like a thunderclap in this late summer has been making the headlines since it broke out on Thursday when the […]
The French writer and journalist Eric Laurent, well known in Morocco for his books on the Kingdom, some friendly, others less friendly, has been arrested on Thursday after he was caught red-handed in blackmail and extortion, reported the French RTL radio station on its website. Eric Laurent, author of “Memoires d’un Roi”, a book he […]