The “clairvoyant” ventriloquist, main character in the case incriminating the ex-mayor of Agde (Hérault) Gilles d’Ettore, was released on Friday and placed under judicial supervision, announced the Béziers prosecutor’s office, two days later that under condition of the former elected official.
The judge of liberties and detention of the Béziers judicial court combined the release of the “clairvoyant” with a ban on traveling to Hérault and carrying out a long list of activities “in any capacity whatsoever”. it would be “. The magistrate also ordered him “to establish his residence in Strasbourg”.
A mother of six children, the forty-year-old who presents herself as a clairvoyant, medium and healer, has been in pre-trial detention since March 21.
“In conversation with a supernatural being from beyond”
During her hearings, she explained to investigators that by modifying her voice, she had managed to deceive several of her close friends, including the mayor of Agde, by making them believe that they were “in conversation with a supernatural being from beyond.”
She admitted to having benefited from numerous services thanks to this scheme, in particular the recruitment within the commune or the urban area of five of her relatives, and gifts offered by entrepreneurs connected to Gilles d’Ettore, including the payment of her lavish third wedding last year.
Gilles d’Ettore, former deputy and mayor of Agde since 2001, claims to have been “trapped”. He resigned from all of his elected offices on May 31.
According to Béziers prosecutor Raphaël Balland, the investigations into this resounding affair should last “for many more months”. Several dozen people have already been interviewed since the start of the investigation initiated in October 2023.
