Marie-Hélène Bernier's legal reply

At a time when the Collectivité is shaken by incessant political quarrels, first vice-president Marie-Hélène Bernier intends to fight back in court against the allegations she has been the target of for over a year. After lodging a complaint against President Xavier Lédée last September for defamation and slanderous deon Monday March 10 in Saint-Martin as part of the ongoing investigation. Accompanied by her lawyer, Maître Antoine Vey from the Paris Bar, she was heard on the six separate facts that make up her complaint, which compiles "a series of false allegations", sums up her counsel. These include President Xavier Lédée's April 17, 2024 allusion on the airwaves of La 1ère to "behavior that some might describe as sexual assault", as well as letters signed by the presidence de la Collectivité before being sent to the Préfet and the Ministère des Outre-mer, accusing the first viceThese were sent to the Prefect and the Ministry of Overseas France, accusing the First Vice-President of alleged forgery of a public document and illegal interest-taking. These are "fanciful accusations", assures Maître Antoine Vey, who adds: "This investigation should make it possible to clean up this climate of false accusations and slander. "Further hearings of those involved in the case should follow in the coming weeks.