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A detractor of the “golden owl”, a legendary treasure hunt, was sentenced for defamation on Tuesday, April 29.
Justice – Twelve years that the creator underwent attacks. The author of a work entitled The golden owl30 years of scam was found guilty of defamation against Michel Becker, co-inventor of this treasure hunting game resolved last October, the Strasbourg court said on Wednesday 30 April.
Yvon Crolet will have to pay 8,000 euros for moral damage to Michel Becker and 5,000 euros to his publishing house, The editions of the golden owldecided the court on Tuesday.
The court founded its decision on the words written by Yvon Crolet not only in his book, but also on his blog, Sentierschouettedor.wordpress.com.
Destruction of copies of the work
He also ordered the destruction of the copies of the book, published on account of the author. The blog is no longer accessible. Yvon Crolet has also been released from the proceedings brought for for “harcelement morale”.
This conviction, “It seems to me a minimum, (Yvon Crolet) went very far in everything he could publish”reacted Michel Becker to AFP. “It’s been twelve years that it lasts (…) I was hardened in the long run, but it was very excessive behavior”he added.
“The starting point of all this is that he said one day that he had found the location of the golden owl. He dug a hole but as the hole was empty, he said it was a scam “explained Michel Becker. “It made a lot of people smile at the start, but given his relentlessness, it has become much less funny”.
new treasure hunt on May 2
In his book, Yvon Crolet presented the game as a ” prank ” and the great gold like a “Treasure never buried”and intended to dismantle the “The most convoluted montages of Michel Becker”. Solicited by AFP, Yvon Crolet has maintained its version, ensuring that Michel Becker “Chain scam on scam”and announced his intention to appeal.
A new treasure hunt of the golden owl must be launched on Friday May 2, at the same time as the cinema release, for only 48 hours, of the film The discovery of the golden owl.
The game was launched in 1993: Max Valentin had then published, with the painter and sculptor Michel Becker, On the trace of the golden owla puzzle book leading to a hidden owl somewhere in France. On October 3, Michel Becker had announced in a video that the enigma had been resolved and the location discovered, thus ending this treasure hunt which had lasted for 31 years.
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