The former mayor of Agde (Hérault), Gilles d’Ettore, indicted for illegal taking of interests and corruption, was released on Wednesday, while the central figure of this resounding affair, a “clairvoyant” ventriloquist also in detention, will be fixed on Friday, announced the prosecution.
The investigating judges in charge of the case “ordered the release” of Gilles d’Ettore, “taking into account in particular (his) resignation from all his elected mandates”, indicated the Béziers prosecutor in a press release, Raphaël Balland. The prosecution, which had requested his continued detention, did not appeal.
Ban on travel to Hérault
The former mayor has in particular “the obligation to reside with a friend in Dordogne” and he is prohibited from “going to Hérault, leaving the national territory and coming into contact (…) with a long list of persons named by name and, in general, with any person exercising elective mandates or functions” at the town hall of Agde or in the urban community, according to the prosecution.
Gilles d’Ettore, former deputy and mayor of Agde since 2001, claims for his part to have been “trapped”. A request for release at the beginning of April was rejected by the courts. He finally resigned from his position on May 31, after two months of pre-trial detention.
