The former Elysée mission manager Alexandre Benalla was sentenced on appeal, Friday, September 29, in Paris to three years of imprisonment, including one year with an adjustable sentence, in the case of the violence of May 1, 2018, a sentence identical to that pronounced at first instance.
The Benalla affair broke out on July 18 of the same year, after his identification by Le Monde in a video where he brutalized a couple on Place de la Contrescarpe. The man, who worked at the center of the President of the Republic’s security system, had been suspended for two weeks, but still had an office at the Château.
This revelation triggered a political earthquake whose aftershocks shook Emmanuel Macron’s power for months, to the rhythm of press revelations and hearings in Parliament.
The former close friend of President Emmanuel Macron, now 32 years old, was also found guilty again of having fraudulently used his diplomatic passports after his dismissal, fabricating a false document to obtain a service passport and illegally carried a weapon in 2017.
