Nasser al-Khelaïfi, the president of Paris SG is in turmoil. Release, this Thursday, September 29, highlights the “sulphurous methods” of Qatar.
“Blackmail, abuse and USB keys, the boss of PSG at the heart of a scandal”, title our colleagues of Release in One, this Thursday, September 29, 2022. The daily publishes a broad investigation into Qatari methods in the service of Nasser al-Khelaïfi involving death threats, confidential documents and cases of torture. If the Parisian club would not be directly involved, it is the whole “nebula revolving around PSG” who is torn in this investigation.
In his three-page investigation, Release explains that a Franco-Algerian entrepreneur “Tayeb B.” 41 years old, was arrested in Doha at the beginning of 2020. Imprisoned in Qatar for nine months, the man is said to have held several confidential documents on the private and professional life of the president of PSG as well as his Qatari entourage, including additional evidence of the alleged corruption of Qatar for the awarding of the next World Cup (November 20 – December 18).
According “a source close to these investigations qualified as ultra-sensitive” contacted by Releasethe victim Tayeb B. would have sought to “to place oneself, to monetize the documents” in order to get “consideration or money”. Qatar nevertheless wanted to ensure that these confidential documents could never come out and thus tarnish the reputation and status of Nasser al-Khelaïfi, close to the Emir Tamim ben Hamad Al Thani.
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Born in Gennevilliers in 1981, “Tayeb B.” is described by Release like a “frenzied entrepreneur with a vast network”, who would lead no less than fifteen companies. He had settled in Doha, Qatar with his family since 2019. The Franco-Algerian, who invests in the Gulf and in Africa, claims to have met Nasser al-Khelaïfi in 2017 through his associative activities carried out in Ile-de-France in which take part the PSG and beIN Sports chaired by “NAK”.
abuse and threats
To free her husband, Tayeb B.’s wife continues to travel between Qatar and Algeria, while her husband is transferred to Salwa Road prison where he is placed in total isolation, in inhuman conditions, according to the long story of Release. Sometimes forced to sit on a chain without moving and talking for dozens of hours. His wife’s mission is to deliver “a red suitcase” to Qatar containing a large number of confidential documents and digital information with the formal prohibition to contact the French Police.
On the advice of Yamina Benguigui, former Minister Delegate for La Francophonie in the government of Jean-Marc Ayrault, the wife of Tayeb B. meets Rachida Dati who will direct her to the cabinet of Olivier Prado, size of the Paris bar and media figure close to Eric Zemmour. Information confirmed by the Mayor of the 7th arrondissement of Paris and Maître Prado, both contacted by Release.
Discussions and long negotiations, according to Liberation, then took place with the lawyers of Nasser al-Khelaïfi: Francis Szpiner and his associate Renaud Semerdjian aiming to return all the USB keys to Qatar. On June 15, two keys were handed over before the last one was definitively returned on July 1, leading to the release of Tayeb B.