After a conflict with Tony Parker, the mayor of Les Gets is put on trial for favoritism

2024-10-22 13:42:00

From Le Figaro with AFP

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The mayor of the Haute-Savoie ski resort has had the contract for the operation of the ski lifts canceled. He is suspected of having wanted to favor the historic operator rather than its competitor, the former basketball player’s company.

Suspected of illicit exploitation of interests, favoritism and interference in a public function, the mayor of Gets is being sent to trial together with two collaborators, suspected of complicity in this case, the Bonneville Prosecutor’s Office learned on Tuesday 22 October. The trial, which will have to shed light on alleged irregularities in the awarding of the contract for the management of the ski area, will take place on 19 June 2025, said public prosecutor Brice Duffau, confirming the newspaper’s information The Parisian .

The company of former basketball player Tony Parker, a candidate for this market, denounced the mayor’s practices last year. In May 2023, the municipality of Les Gets started a procedure for a new public service delegation (DSP) for the management of this mid-mountain family resort, until now managed by Sagets, historic ski lift operator and of which the municipality of Gets is the majority shareholder.

Procedure cancelled

But the procedure was canceled by the Municipality which declared it “no follow up” in a municipal resolution, while the offers had already been counted, including that of the former basketball player Tony Parker, in competition with that of the Sagets. The former basketball star had filed a provisional appeal before the administrative court of Grenoble to contest the eviction of his company Infinity Nine Mountain (INM), but it was rejected.

Mayor Henri Anthonioz, his first deputy Simon Bergoend and the director general of municipal services were placed in police custody on 2 and 3 July. An investigation was opened by the Bonneville Prosecutor’s Office and conducted by the Chambéry Research Section following the reports “subsequently carried out by the Anticor 74 association and the prefect of Haute-Savoie”recalls the prosecutor.