Based in Luynes since 2008, the Georget circus was an institution in this town of 5,000 inhabitantsuntil the indictment for rape of Hervé Georget, co-manager of the company, last June. Since then, the circus performers have left this land of just under ten hectares in Luynes, but according to Anticor and One Voice, their long stay could have been marked by several irregularities.
Anticor questions the agreement for the occupation of public property which linked the municipality to the SCOP Georget Family Circus since 2014. It allowed circus performers to occupy this municipal land free of charge. In exchange, the circus accepted some compensation, such as the organization of a free performance for children from schools and the leisure center at Christmas, or the establishment of preferential rates for residents of the town.
“we questioned the regularity of this free provision, to the extent that it appears that at the time of renewing the Convention in 2019, no public selection procedure was put in place ” explains Anne Cantegreil, Anticor representative in 41, to France Bleu Touraine. ” That's the first thing. Then, the beneficiary company operating the land for commercial purposes for years would have had to pay rent or a fee to the municipality, which does not seem to have been done. “.
Contacted by whistleblowers, the Anticor branches in Indre-et-Loire and Loir-et-Cher contacted the Tours prosecutor last August. The association claims to have been informed that a preliminary investigation had just been opened.
The whistleblowers having also reported possible environmental damage, Anticor warned a specialized association, One Voice. She claims to have then investigated on site before filing a complaint against the mayor of Luynes, Bertrand Ritouret, and against the managers of the circus. According to Anne-Caroline Grall, who followed the file for One Voice ” a watercourse located near the cirque, the little Bresme, was modified by unauthorized cleaning at the end of 2022. This had two major effects: consequences on the fauna and flora and an increase in the risk of flooding. “
The association also attacks the mayor of Luynes and the circus managers for management of the environmental consequences of the ninth edition of the festival ” Luynes takes on America “from September 12 to 15, which brought together 50,000 people and of which Hervé Georget was one of the organizers. According to One Voice ” festival-goers happily trampled on a natural space. To accommodate them, trees were illegally cut down, which destroyed the ecosystem and the birds' habitat.. And the icing on the cake, the wastewater from festival-goers was discharged into a ditch. “
Contacted in the middle of the afternoon, this Wednesday, November 4, the mayor of Luynes did not respond to interview requests from France Bleu Touraine.
