French newspaper reported company is under investigation over public investment into Cité du Cinema. EuropaCorp “surprised” and “outraged” by claims of misappropriated funds.
EuropaCorp has started legal proceedings against newspaper Le Parisien over its report that the construction of the Paris Cité du Cinéma complex, spearheaded by company founder Luc Besson, was financed with misappropriated public funds.
“EuropaCorp as well as a number of its shareholders have instructed their legal advisor Master Jean-Marc Fedida to initiate criminal proceedings for the offence of dissemination of false or misleading information,” the company announced on Monday.
The company said it would be also pressing for defamation charges to be brought against the French newspaper, the journalist who wrote the article and the editor of the newspaper.
Le Parisien published details on Saturday of a leaked memo from France’s Court of Auditors to Justice Minister Christiane Taubira suggesting that public investment in the cinema hub had been dishonestly secured and that...
EuropaCorp has started legal proceedings against newspaper Le Parisien over its report that the construction of the Paris Cité du Cinéma complex, spearheaded by company founder Luc Besson, was financed with misappropriated public funds.
“EuropaCorp as well as a number of its shareholders have instructed their legal advisor Master Jean-Marc Fedida to initiate criminal proceedings for the offence of dissemination of false or misleading information,” the company announced on Monday.
The company said it would be also pressing for defamation charges to be brought against the French newspaper, the journalist who wrote the article and the editor of the newspaper.
Le Parisien published details on Saturday of a leaked memo from France’s Court of Auditors to Justice Minister Christiane Taubira suggesting that public investment in the cinema hub had been dishonestly secured and that...
- 11/18/2013
- ScreenDaily
French newspaper reports company is under investigation over public investment into Cité du Cinema. EuropaCorp “surprised” and “outraged” by claims of misappropriated funds.
EuropaCorp has denied allegations published in the French press over the weekend that the construction of the Paris Cité du Cinéma complex, initiated by the company’s founder Luc Besson, was financed with misappropriated public funds.
French newspaper Le Parisien published details on Saturday of a leaked memo from France’s Court of Auditors to Justice Minister Christiane Taubira suggesting that public investment in the cinema hub had been dishonestly secured and that the crime had then been concealed.
According to the Le Parisien report, the memo said that “public finance into the Cité du Cinéma, had been agreed against the advice of state services and the Caisse des Depots” and that it had been pushed through “to bring to fruition a project being carried-out by a private company for its own benefit.”
“The...
EuropaCorp has denied allegations published in the French press over the weekend that the construction of the Paris Cité du Cinéma complex, initiated by the company’s founder Luc Besson, was financed with misappropriated public funds.
French newspaper Le Parisien published details on Saturday of a leaked memo from France’s Court of Auditors to Justice Minister Christiane Taubira suggesting that public investment in the cinema hub had been dishonestly secured and that the crime had then been concealed.
According to the Le Parisien report, the memo said that “public finance into the Cité du Cinéma, had been agreed against the advice of state services and the Caisse des Depots” and that it had been pushed through “to bring to fruition a project being carried-out by a private company for its own benefit.”
“The...
- 11/18/2013
- ScreenDaily
French newspaper reports company is under investigation over public investment into Cité du Cinema. EuropaCorp “surprised” and “outraged” by claims of misappropriated funds. EuropaCorp has denied allegations published in the French press over the weekend that the construction of the Paris Cité du Cinéma complex, initiated by the company’s founder Luc Besson, was financed with misappropriated public funds. French newspaper Le Parisien published details on Saturday of a leaked memo from France’s Court of Auditors to Justice Minister Christiane Taubira suggesting that public investment in the cinema hub had been dishonestly secured and that the crime had then been concealed. According to the Le Parisien report, the memo said that “public finance into the Cité du Cinéma, had been agreed against the advice of state services and the Caisse des Depots” and that it had been pushed through “to bring to fruition a project being carried-out by a private company for its own benefit.”
“The...
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- 11/18/2013
- ScreenDaily
Paris – French studio EuropaCorp is defending itself against charges of “embezzlement of public funds” in the financing of founder Luc Besson’s pet project, the Hollywood-style film studio Cite du Cinema, following a report in the newspaper Le Parisien published on Saturday. The newspaper said the company may be under investigation by the justice department after a confidential memo was sent to minister Christiane Taubira following an audit court investigation which leveled the possible embezzlement charges. In a statement released late Saturday night, EuropaCorp said that is “astonished” by the newspaper’s charges and claimed that is had “no knowledge” of the audit
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- 11/17/2013
- by Rhonda Richford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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