in Lyon, Aulas loses his case towards “Rue89” in a local weather of judicialization of the marketing campaign | EUROtoday

Candidate for mayor of Lyon, Jean-Michel Aulas suffered a authorized setback on Tuesday January 20. The businessman misplaced the defamation swimsuit he filed towards two journalists from Rue89Lyoncriticizing the knowledge website for the publication, in October 2023, of an investigation into the funding of 1 million euros by its household holding firm, Holnest, in a luxurious airport for personal jets in Florida.

According to journalists from Rue89Lyonthe holding firm and its companions had used a posh association by way of an off-shore firm domiciled in Delaware, an American state notoriously recognized for its advantageous taxation. The article, titled “The Aulas fly by private jet to tax havens”, was based mostly on the evaluation of OpenLux paperwork, dedicated to the tax haven of Luxembourg, revealed by The World in February 2021.

The judges of the 6^e press room of the Lyon prison court docket thought of that the remarks used within the article “do not contain defamatory allegations”. While stress-free the journalists, the court docket ordered Mr. Aulas to reimburse the three,369 euros in authorized prices incurred by the location for its protection, however didn’t comply with up on the request for a conviction for abusive process.

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