A police officer was indicted Thursday for "misappropriation of national defense secrets by its depositary" in the judicial investigation into suspicions of leaking confidential information for the benefit of PSG, said Friday a judicial source. This police officer was also indicted for "violation of professional secrecy" and "misuse of the purpose of processing personal data," added the source, confirming information from Le Monde. He was placed under judicial supervision.

"This is a huge case that concerns my client for only a small part, with a lot of suspicion and few objective elements," his lawyer Seydi Ba told AFP. This is at least the second police officer indicted in this case, in which three first charges were pronounced in September, including for influence peddling and corruption. Had been targeted a first policeman on standby, former member of the DCRI, Malik Naït-Liman, former police officer of the intelligence services, hired in 2018 as a referent supporters at PSG and the Franco-Algerian lobbyist Tayeb Benabderrahmane.

Nasser accused of covering World Cup in Qatar

They are suspected of having transmitted confidential information on certain people from police files, including to the Paris football club. The story with drawers, mixing suspicions of private espionage, blackmail and accusations of torture, broke out at that time, and has continued to grow ever since, several protagonists accusing PSG boss Nasser al-Khelaïfi of having wanted to destroy compromising documents related to Qatar's obtaining of the World Cup.

"NAK" has since announced a defamation complaint against Tayeb Benabderrahmane, who accuses him of wanting to disclose personal documents belonging to him, including these exchanges related to the World Cup in Qatar. The lobbyist filed a complaint in 2022 with a civil party for torture, kidnapping and kidnapping and thus obtained the opening of a judicial investigation at the end of January. According to a source close to the case, he was heard on March 30 by the three investigating judges of the Paris court in charge of investigations.

  • Football
  • Paris-Saint-Germain (PSG)
  • Nasser Al-Khelaïfi
  • Justice
  • Sport