Isabelle Adjani Placed Under Formal Investigation for Alleged Fraud

variety.com:

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentIsabelle Adjani has been under formal investigation for alleged fraud relating to hundreds of thousands of dollars of business expenses since October 2020, a judicial source confirmed to Variety on Monday.The investigation stems from a police complaint filed by a former business associate, Sebastien G., in 2015, according to the French national newspaper Liberation which was first to report the story.

Variety has contacted Adjani’s lawyer, Olivier Pardo, for comment.According to the story published in Liberation, the case dates back to 2011 when Adjani hired Sebastien G.

as a strategy consultant to help her run her production company, Isia Films. Sebastien G. allegedly obtained a credit line for Adjani as well as an American Express card on which she charged €364,000 ($385,400) over a period of 13 months, per the French report.

Sebastien G. said he was fired days after he took the card back from Adjani. He said also he lent her €157,000 ($166,230) which she didn’t pay back.