Isabelle Adjani cleared by the courts after being accused of fraud

After several months of proceedings, the famous French actress was cleared. A Parisian investigating judge has dismissed the case in favor of Isabelle Adjani, indicted for fraud since 2020 after the complaint of a former consultant who accused her of having falsified the repayment of her debts to her regard, AFP learned Tuesday from sources close to the matter.

The dismissal of the case was pronounced on October 7, in accordance with the requisitions of the Paris prosecutor’s office, it confirmed, requested by AFP. This decision also concerns the boss of the paparazzi agency Bestimage, the queen of the celebrity press Michèle (“Mimi”) Marchand, who was also prosecuted for complicity in fraud.

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As revealed Liberation in 2022, Sébastien G. strategy consultant, managed from 2011 Isia Filmsthe actress’s company.
He would have opened a line of credit on his account, would have paid certain taxes for Isabelle Adjani and would have given her a credit card. She would have engaged in several projects, including a documentary on ex-escort Zahia Dehar, but relations would have soured, the projects would have collapsed, and Sébastien G. would have been sidelined. A debt of around 150,000 euros would then have remained.

« To reassure her creditor, Isabelle Adjani sent him proof of payment (…) and of her good faith. But in reality, the money would never have reached its recipient », wrote Liberation. Sébastien G. filed a complaint against the star in October 2015, leading to the indictment of the actress for fraud and “Mimi” Marchand for complicity, because she was suspected of having played a role in the submission of false “evidence payment”.

Like the Paris prosecutor’s office, the investigating judge estimated according to the elements of his order of which the AFP was aware that ” the chronology of the facts does not make it possible to establish a link between the delivery and maintenance of the bank card », in July 2011, and « the failure of the documentary project on Zahia Dehar », imagined in February 2012, although “ some of the documents produced and the sequence of events that occurred are likely to characterize fraudulent maneuvers put in place in order to deceive Sébastien G. » Further in his order, the investigating magistrate concludes : « Both the delivery of the bank card and its maintenance at Isabelle Adjani’s disposal were unrelated to the investment project but seem to have been caused by the investment made by Sébastien G. to relaunch the career of the actress and the remuneration he received .»

Requested, the lawyers of Isabelle Adjani, M^e Olivier Pardo and Laurence Dauxin-Nedelec have not reacted yet. The advice of Sébastien G. and Mimi Marchand did not respond to AFP.