Remember: last weekend, the French media reported the bitter experience of Elodie and Laurent . This couple had bought a squatted house on May 19 in the town of Ollainville, in Essonne. In a video from Le Parisien, the couple admitted to having passed ” from dream to nightmare because their new home was occupied by a couple and their four children. The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, intervened, which forced the Essonne prefecture to order the occupying family to leave the premises, which was done on June 10.
Several major media had relayed the information. Until BFMTV investigates the subject and raises doubts about the reliability of the couple. ” Laurent admitted it to us, when he bought it, he knew very well that this house was squatted by a family” and he “counted on the law to succeed in having the family already installed evicted” explained in particular the report.
This Tuesday, RTL again provided additional information in this case. The couple has actually been indicted since October 22, 2021. They are accused of “drug trafficking, illicit possession of category B and C weapons and participation in a criminal association with a view to preparing an offense. ” In addition, they are placed under judicial supervision.
Revelations that were confirmed this Wednesday by Le Parisien. At the same time, the French daily specifies that the couple had “concealed information that he knew the property was occupied by a family at the time of purchase.” While adding that the act “notarized mentioned an occupation without right or title.” In other words, the house was effectively squatted. Laurent told them that when they visited the house, they thought “that only one person could have slept there because there was a mattress, but we did not imagine that a family had settled down” .
In France, this story has grown enormously. The occupants, who were driven out with their children aged 4 to 16, had been attacked when they left on the night of June 10 to 11. Hooded people had gassed the family with tear gas. A complaint had also been filed after the fact.