Hakim Mokadem
06/28/2024 at 5:53 p.m.Updated 06/28/2024 at 6:03 p.m.
After Gilles d’Ettore, his clairvoyant Sophia Martinez was in turn released this Friday. The ventriloquist medium took on a voice from beyond the grave to manipulate the ex-mayor of Agde (Hérault) and obtain numerous advantages.
They had both been incarcerated for nearly three months. Sophia Martinez, the clairvoyant Gilles d’Ettore and former mayor of Agde (Hérault), was released this Friday and placed under judicial supervision. Two days after the conditional release of the former elected official, accused of having embezzled thousands of euros from his municipality.
Mother of six children, the forty-year-old who presents herself as a clairvoyant medium and healer, had been in pre-trial detention since March 21. She is accused in this case of having taken a voice from beyond the grave to manipulate the former city councilor and obtain numerous advantages. Including large sums of money.
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Jacuzzi and brand new kitchen
If we already knew that Sophia Martinez had benefited from a veranda costing more than 50,000 euros (which she did not pay), she said during her hearings that she had been the beneficiary of several other largesse. In particular with a promoter of the department, also indicted in this affair, revealed the newspaper Midi Libre.
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Thus, the medium notably mentioned the acquisition of a jacuzzi, a solar shower, palm trees in her garden or even a brand new fitted kitchen worth more than 10,000 euros. And, during her third lavish wedding estimated at 60,000 euros, she is said to have collected with her husband 25 to 30,000 euros in cash donated by generous guests.
Local connections to benefit from services
To ensure this lifestyle and benefit from these services, the healer admitted to having developed a scheme, in particular the recruitment within the commune or the agglomeration of five of her relatives, and gifts offered by entrepreneurs connected with Gilles d’Ettore.
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According to Béziers prosecutor Raphaël Balland, the investigations into this sensational affair are expected to last “many more months”. Several dozen people have already been interviewed since the start of the investigation, which began in October 2023.
