According to former lawyer for lobbyist Tayeb Benabderrahmane, once detained in Qatar for undermining state security, his former client tried to blackmail Nasser Al-Khelaïfi by means of intimate videos.
In a fortnight, the ethical investigation opened by the Bar Council into the involvement of various Parisian lawyers in the release of Tayeb Benabderrahmane – a Franco-Algerian lobbyist imprisoned under difficult conditions in Qatar in 2020 – should give its conclusions, reports this Monday Le Monde. Meanwhile, the words of the former lawyer of the person concerned, Maître Pardo, are unequivocal. His former client tried to extort large sums from the current president of the PSGNasser Al-Khelaïfi.
According to the Council of the Order, Me Pardo did a good job of ” as part of the mission entrusted to him, obtain the release of Mr. Tayeb Benabderrahmane from Qatari prisons “. The aforementioned lawyer also confirms at the hearing that Tayeb Benabderrahmane was in fact kidnapped in Qatar in 2020, for” violation of state security “Doha justified these court proceedings and this incarceration by the fact that Tayeb Benabderrahmane wanted to monetize the return of sensitive digital documents in his possession.
” Very quickly, one of the preconditions set for this renunciation (complaints, ed) was the delivery of USB keys which, according to the other party, contained records of a sexual nature stolen from Mr. Al-Khelaïfi “, Summarizes the council of the Paris order following the hearing of Me Pardo. The latter assures that his former client – who refutes any attempted blackmail – intended to obtain ” astronomical sums; ie several tens of millions of dollars with Qatar and Nasser Al-Khelaïfi in particular. Tayeb Benabderrahmane, who will be released against the delivery of said compromising files, allegedly entrusted Me Pardo with the custody of a copy of the famous recordings.
