One of the accused says the lawyer representing Morocco was the one who suggested a financial deal.
TWO FRENCH JOURNALISTS went on trial today in France on charges of trying to blackmail the king of Morocco over allegedly demanding money to hush purportedly damaging revelations about him.
Laurent in court today admitted to an “ethical error”, a “disaster” in having accepted to “let myself be caught up in this affair”, but denied having committed “any criminal offence”. Ahead of the planned publication of a second volume, Laurent in August 2015 met a lawyer representing the monarchy at the bar of a Parisian hotel, and warned him it contained potentially embarrassing revelations for the monarchy.
This time under police surveillance, the lawyer and Laurent then met again at the same hotel later that same month. During the investigation, both writers admitted to having agreed to a deal to halt the book’s publication over geopolitical concerns, but denied the charge of blackmail.
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