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A French labour court ordered PSG to pay Kylian Mbappe 60 million euros in unpaid salary and bonuses, ending a legal dispute over withheld earnings before his transfer to Real Madrid, affirming the application of labour law in professional football.
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is set to be released from prison while awaiting an appeal of his September conviction for criminal conspiracy related to campaign financing from Libya, with restrictions on contact imposed by the court.
Former Ubisoft executives Serge Hascoët, Tommy François, and Guillaume Patrux were convicted and given suspended sentences for enabling a culture of sexual and psychological harassment at the company, with François also convicted of attempted sexual assault. The case highlights ongoing issues within Ubisoft, which has faced internal and external challenges recently.
An elderly couple in France has lost their court battle to annul the sale of a rare Gabonese mask, which they sold for €150 ($165) but later sold at auction for over €4 million ($4.4 million). The court rejected their appeal, stating that they had not taken proper measures to ascertain the true value of the mask before selling it. The couple had inherited the mask from the husband's colonial governor grandfather, and they claimed they were unaware of its market value. The court also rejected a request from the Gabonese government to suspend proceedings, as they have filed a separate lawsuit accusing the ancestor of stealing the mask. The mask is considered a highly valued artifact with great spiritual significance to the Gabonese people.
Monique Olivier, the ex-wife of French serial killer Michel Fourniret, has been sentenced to life in prison by a French court for her role in three murders committed by her former husband. Olivier, 75, was convicted of complicity in the abduction, sequestration, and murder of two young women, including a British student and a nine-year-old girl. She must serve a minimum of 20 years behind bars. Fourniret confessed to 11 murders before his death in 2021, and Olivier is already serving a life sentence for her involvement in four other kidnappings and murders committed by Fourniret.
A French pilot has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and operating an aircraft without a valid license after decapitating an experienced skydiver with the wing of his plane. The victim, Nicholas Galy, was struck by the plane's wing seconds after he jumped in July 2018. The pilot received a suspended sentence of 12 months and a one-year flying ban. The court also fined the parachuting school involved, but half of the fine was suspended. The incident occurred due to a lack of communication between the victim and the pilot regarding the plane's trajectory.
A French court has issued an international arrest warrant for Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, along with three others, including his brother Maher, for complicity in war crimes and crimes against humanity related to chemical weapon attacks on civilians. This marks the first time a sitting head of state has been the subject of an arrest warrant in another country for such crimes. The warrants were issued in response to a civil party complaint filed by three organizations. Similar cases have been lodged in courts in Sweden and Germany. The attacks in question occurred in 2013 and almost led to US intervention in the Syrian civil war. The Syrian government has consistently denied responsibility for the attacks.