Time passes, emotions fade, the characters have moved on, the context changes.
It was necessary to turn the page and close a case that, moreover, should never have been opened.
But the circumstances were truly exceptional, and everyone thought more about themselves than the truth.
The judgment of the Paris Tribunal’s correctional chamber is the final point of a controversy that lasted a little over a year.
Sandra Bertin, the municipal police officer from Nice, was sued by Bernard Cazeneuve for defamation, following the statements she made a few hours after the Nice attack on July 14, 2016, on the Promenade des Anglais. She was acquitted.
She claimed to have been pressured by the Ministry of the Interior while she was writing a report on the surveillance footage.
The court considers that Sandra Bertin could have “in good faith” misinterpreted the requests made of her. She “imagined things,” the prosecutor said during her intervention.
One must wonder what need Sandra Bertin had to confide in a national newspaper, to make accusations that turned out to be the fruit of her imagination.
An interview that came at a perfect time amid the controversy over the responsibilities of the municipality and the state services.
