Saint-Germain-en-Laye: Agnès Cerighelli in police custody for defamatory remarks

Customary of untimely protrusions on Twitter, Agnès Cerighelli is on the way to becoming also a regular at the premises of the police station of Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

This Tuesday morning, she was placed in police custody as part of an investigation for defamatory remarks towards Arnaud Péricard, the mayor (DVD) of Saint-Germain-en-Laye which she held on Twitter at the end of 2019, accusing him of “treachery” by evoking a collusion with a Muslim association which is building a mosque in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

Christophe Castaner had taken legal action against her

At the time, Jean-Jacques Brot, the prefect of Yvelines and Arnaud Péricard had made a report to the prosecutor of Versailles.

At the same period, the Minister of the Interior Christophe Castaner had seized the justice for “provocation with hatred” after Agnès Cerighelli had attacked two candidates with the municipal elections in Marseilles and Paris: “Want that Paris and Marseilles are run by North Africans of Muslim faith, it is betraying France, its identity and its history “, she had notably written with reference to the candidacies of Rachida Dati (LR) and Samia Ghali (PS) in the two more major French cities.

At the end of her police custody which ended at midday, Agnès Cerighelli described this complaint as “scandalous”: “I am scandalized by the attitude of Arnaud Péricard, by his aggressiveness and his complaint , she judges. He wanted to silence a political opponent with methods of intimidation. “

“It went too far, reacts Arnaud Péricard on Tuesday. These words were as infamous as they were appalling. I am naturally calm and measured if we stick to criticism and political opposition. She has exceeded the limits of the acceptable and she must bear the consequences of her actions and her words. Today, it is no longer part of our municipal life. It is a page that turns and it is not the most beautiful. “

Already condemned for homophobic remarks

Last February, she had already been sentenced by the Versailles Criminal Court to a fine of 4,000 euros, including 2,000 euros for “public insult because of sexual orientation.” She had also been ordered to compensate, up to 1,000 euros each, the five associations fighting against homophobia who had brought civil action.

Since then, notably because of the very numerous reports of which he was the subject, his account was finally deleted by Twitter. Agnes Cerighelli, however, continues to express herself on Instagram, multiplying for many weeks messages aimed at discouraging people from wearing masks or confining themselves.