MP Karl Olive sentenced to eight months suspended prison sentence for illegal taking of interests

The elected Macronist was judged for decisions taken while he was mayor of Les Républicains de Poissy (Yvelines).

The Renaissance deputy Karl Olive, former mayor of Les Républicains de Poissy (Yvelines)was sentenced, Monday, November 18, to eight months in prison for illegal taking of interests during his municipal mandate, declared the Versailles judicial court. Two other defendants, the current director of youth and sports in Poissy and his father, former deputy director of town hall services, were also found guilty and sentenced to suspended prison sentences of six and four months respectively. , as well as a fine of 3,000 euros each.

The court found Karl Olive guilty “of having committed acts of illegal taking of interests by participating in recruitment [du fils] under conditions based on an arrangement allowing freedom from the rules of appointment of the civil service”. The former councilor also attributed to the father “staff accommodation for which the fee was undervalued”adds the same source.

During the hearing on September 24, the prosecutor denounced “a form of nepotism by Mr. Olive, condemned by the rules of the territorial civil service” and motivated by “bonds of friendship” spoken with his co-defendants. “I have always considered that there was no question about what was proposed by the financial department, the HR department or the legal department” to ask, had argued Karl Olive who claims to have simply done “trust” to his team.

“Having regard to the date of the facts and the textual basis used for the prosecution”the court did not impose a sentence of ineligibility. In a press release, the MP criticized this judgment, arguing that these decisions had been “voted in municipal council like thousands of others”. “Ten years of procedure for two decisions taken two months after my election as mayor in 2014 and concerning two agents. No personal enrichment, no misappropriation of public funds”, he defended himself. His lawyer announces that he will appeal.