This project, Charlotte Gainsbourg carried it out at arm’s length. After years of hard work, the Gainsbourg house finally opened its doors on September 20, 2023 and visitors were immediately there and still are.
While the house occupied for twenty-two years by his father Serge Gainsbourg, he died there in 1991, continues to be widely visited, the numerous visits to 5 bis rue de Verneuil (in the 7th arrondissement of Paris) do not are not enough to cover the colossal debts that have accumulated over more than a year. Unpaid invoices, questionable management and disagreement between partners, Maison Gainsbourg has been placed in receivership for cessation of paymentsbarely a year after its opening. As revealed The Informed which is following the case very closely, the operating company of Serge Gainsbourg’s private mansion and its annexes (SEHPSGA), which is piloting the project, has been in cessation of payments since August 9 and has requested placement in receivership , recorded by the Paris commercial court on September 18, two days before blowing out its first candle.
“Disputed” withdrawals of several thousand euros from Charlotte Gainsbourg’s associate
In March 2023, the court had already had to rule on a dispute between the two equal partners, namely Charlotte Gainsbourg and Dominique Dutreix, real estate developer via his company Coffim, also sentenced to a suspended sentence in the case Elf. Both had nevertheless validated “a partnership agreement“, in December 2019, agreeing that Charlotte Gainsbourg would not give “no guarantee“in obtaining bank loans to carry out the development work and operating expenses of the house and the museum. The working capital of the SEHPSGA had to be supplied by “associate current accounts set up exclusively by Dominique Dutreix”specifies the agreement, emphasizing that it undertook to request reimbursement “when companies will be profitable“. More the court notes that from 2022, “disputed withdrawals” of more than 482,000 euros are made between Mr. Dutreix as president of Coffim and Mr. Dutreix manager of SEHPSGA, “without the slightest notification” and contravening the commercial code. These non-compliant financial transactions lead to a critical situation of accounts… in passing marred by irregularities because they have never been approved.
The company also did not benefit from the working capital necessary to launch the activity, which started without paying its suppliers and service providers: security, cleaning, trustee, electricity, accountant… The list of unpaid debts is accumulating and the slate falls: the SEHPSGA, “despite bank debt of 3.5 million euros, shows a supplier debt of 1.6 million euros” approximately, calculates the commercial court. During the procedure, Dominique Dutreix contested certain debts, explained that he was able to provide new bank financing and ultimately considered that the partnership agreement lacked clarity as to the obligations of the parties However, this document is “perfectly clear“, according to the court in its order. The judges therefore sentenced the Dutreix partner on March 28 to reimburse the operating company a total amount of approximately 1.5 million euros. That is, almost the equivalent of the amount of short-term debts, which led to the cessation of payments.
Dominique Dutreix sentenced by the Paris Court of Appeal, he must repay
New decision this Thursday, December 19, 2024! As revealed The informedthe Paris Court of Appeal has just ruled in favor of Charlotte Gainsbourg. “In a judgment rendered on December 19, 2024, which we were able to consult, the court orders Dominique Dutreix to pay nearly a million euros into the establishment’s coffers. It thus confirms an order made by the commercial court in March, however revising the amount downwards (it was 1.5 million euros at first instance)“, informs L’Informed.”In detail, the businessman must reimburse 482,000 euros for irregular withdrawals made from the Maison Gainsbourg accounts, and add 505,000 euros for the advances he had promised in the partnership agreement with Charlotte Gainsbourg. established in 2019“, it is specified.
News welcomed favorably by Maître Jean Aittouarès, Charlotte Gainsbourg’s lawyer. “If Mr. Dutreix finally complies, this will help get the company back afloat.“, he reacted to L’Informé. Yes, but Dominique Dutreix doesn’t see it that way! His counsel has made it known that he intends to appeal to the Court of Cassation. Moreover, ‘businessman defamation attack’ lawyer of Charlotte Gainsbourg and the newspaper The Parisian. The soap opera around Maison Gainsbourg is therefore not over!
And that’s not all! “Problem: time is running out. Despite popular success, the artist’s historic home, with its adjoining museum, was placed in receivership in September. It had around 1.5 million euros in debts with various suppliers. To this sum, we must add 3.5 million euros of loans taken out to create the establishment“, écrit The Informed. Just opposite Maison Gainsbourg, at 14, there is a museum which traces the artist’s work and the Gainsbarre, piano bar.
Angry for good, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Dominique Dutreix cannot avoid divorce but the question remains how to do it Charlotte Gainsbourg. Meanwhile, visitors continue to flock to 5 bis rue de Verneuil, tAll slots are full until March 30, 2025.
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