Two Bernard Arnaults testified this morning at the bar of the Squarcini trial. The first is calm and courteous. The second angry and aggressive. In the crosshairs of his crescendo wrath, François Ruffin, the deputy for the Somme.
Naturalness always comes back at a gallop. At Bernard Arnault too. Heard under oath as a witness in the context of the Bernard Squarcini trial and the espionage of deputy François Ruffin, the boss of LVMH, on November 28, first unfolded his score like a pianist plays his scales. Well prepared for the exercise, for an hour, he glided like a cat over President Benjamin Blanchet's questions. Courteous, with a touch of humor, the richest man in France rolled out a simple defense as if on parade: He had nothing to do with it.
In this case where it is established that LVMH money was used to infiltrate two moles in François Ruffin's entourage, Bernard Arnault blames everything on his former number two, Pierre Godé, who died in 2018. He was the one who took care of these things, he never informed me », he repeats at the bar. Then, faced with questions from the lawyers of the civil parties, those of François Ruffin in the lead, the varnish cracked. A second Bernard Arnault appeared. This one is surly, gets angry, gets annoyed. In the first hour, the court discovered a somewhat old-fashioned, affable man of the world. Then it was the secretive, acidic and tough business manager who succeeded him. Frosty and cold.
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