She was not current in courtroom this Monday for the assertion of deliberations. LFI MP Sophia Chikirou was discovered responsible of theft and fined 8,000 euros half of which have been suspended. The far-left elected official was, nevertheless, acquitted of the fraud prices for which she was prosecutedintroduced the Paris prison courtroom.
The Paris councilor, candidate defeated in the 2026 municipal electionswas convicted of stealing checks that have been by no means used. The details alleged in opposition to Sophia Chikirou associated completely to The Mediaan internet tv that she co-founded and directed. A media serving LFI that she ended up leaving.
The accusation associated specifically to an try and switch 67,146 euros from the accounts of the information website, which she not managed on the time of the occasions in the summertime of 2018. Disembarked, Sophia Chikirou was accused of getting tried to pay the sum to her consulting firm on the time, Mediascop.
Throughout his trial, the defendant charged Gérard Miller, who then directed The Media. “I’m made to look because the witch, the thief, the villain, it’s too simple,” she declared. The well-known psychoanalyst is indicted in a rape and sexual assault case.
The courtroom additionally took into consideration that “the plaintiff firm withdrew its criticism following a memorandum of understanding”. However nonetheless selected to enter the sentencing course of.
The MP can also be indicted within the case of financing Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s presidential marketing campaign in 2017. The magistrates suspect the existence of overbilling for sure companies supplied by Sophia Chikirou’s firm Médiascope through the presidential marketing campaign. Prices prone to represent fraud to the detriment of the State regarding bills reimbursed by public funds.
