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Senator LR Francis Szpiner Charged with Passive Corruption

Summary by France24
"My client disputes with the utmost firmness the charges against him. He will explain himself later before the investigating judge. No judicial review has been ordered", his lawyer, Mr. Caroline Toby, asked by the AFP. The Public Prosecutor's Office told the AFP that the senator had "not been placed under judicial supervision since the request for waiver of immunity was not dealt with in time by the Senate". Mr. Szpiner had been placed in custod…

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"My client disputes with the utmost firmness the charges against him. He will explain himself later before the investigating judge. No judicial review has been ordered", his lawyer, Mr. Caroline Toby, asked by the AFP. The Public Prosecutor's Office told the AFP that the senator had "not been placed under judicial supervision since the request for waiver of immunity was not dealt with in time by the Senate". Mr. Szpiner had been placed in custod…

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Senator LR of Paris and famous lawyer Francis Szpiner was charged with corruption. Justice suspects him of having allocated social housing in the district...

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Judges and investigators are interested in the allocation in 2023 of social housing in a cossu district of West Paris, where Francis Szpiner was then mayor (2020-2023), to a young woman, a few months after her request.

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Francis Szpiner is suspected of passive corruption regarding the allocation of social housing in Paris. The Public Prosecutor's Office suspects that he has granted this housing in exchange for sexual relations.

·Paris, France
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The former mayor of the 16th arrondissement is suspected of having allocated in 2023 a social housing to a woman in exchange for sexual relations. The famous lawyer "was not placed under judicial supervision", says the Paris Public Prosecutor's Office on Thursday 9 July.

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Suspected of exchanging social housing for sexual favors when he was mayor of the 16th arrondissement, the Paris senator was prosecuted this Thursday. He was not placed under judicial supervision. […]

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BFM TV broke the news in France on Thursday, July 9, 2026.
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