It is the end of the penal course for the former president of Montluçon rugby, accused of having hidden the financial difficulties of the association. The criminal division of the Court of Cassation issued a judgment on April 1 in which it dismissed the appeal made by Jean-Pierre Andrivon.
In December 2018, before the Riom Court of Appeal, the Montluconnais leader had been fined 2,000 euros and especially the reimbursement of damages. The damage estimated by the judicial liquidator of the Montluçon rugby association amounts to 220,000 euros, an amount which will be debated later before a civil court.
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What were we criticizing Jean-Pierre Andrivon for?
The former president of Montluçon rugby has been sentenced for forgery and use of forgery. The forgery consisted of a document naming club patrons for the 2014-2015 season and indicating for each the amount of their contribution. The president inserted this document in the balance sheet so that the accounts of the season come to balance. But of the 180,000 euros mentioned, only 50,000 euros had actually been collected.
The former president of Montluçon rugby in front of the Riom Court of Appeal
It was in July 2016 that a hole of 130,000 euros was revealed, while the auditor had refused to certify the accounts, causing the judicial liquidation of the club who was still playing in Federal 2.
” I only signed this document. This is the Laporte cabinet (later mayor, Frédéric Laporte was the accountant of Montluçon rugby, Editor’s note) who wrote it and presented it to me. I was then in contact with Yves Lasmartres (chief of staff to the mayor of Montluçon Daniel Dugléry, Editor’s note) who assured me that we were going to recover the money, “defended Jean-Pierre Andrivon during the first trial.
” Everything comes from Yves Lasmartres, it was he who rubbed shoulders with big companies and then sent me the contract amounts. He was the leader, ”he said during the second hearing. ” It’s a political opportunity important to have a Federal 1 rugby club in your city, “continued defense attorney Bernard Truno.
At first instance: “Twice, we explained to the town hall that we were in difficulty, but we were told that a solution would be found”
What has the Court of Cassation declared?
In this case, Jean-Pierre Andrivon was the only respondent and hoped before the Court of Cassation to escape compensation for the damage. The supreme court did not hear it that way.
Jean-Pierre Andrivon in 2014.
“The allegedly false document, of which Mr. Andrivon was the editor and the intellectual author, communicated by him to the chartered accountant, made it possible to present a result that was just profitable, which was likely to deceive the creditors of the club and to harm them, by masking the state of cessation of payments “, write the magistrates of the Court of Cassation in the judgment of April 1.
Before adding: “The president of the association, being aware of the state of cessation of payments, could have initiate collective proceedings earlier, thus giving the association a chance to embark on the path of receivership in lieu of liquidation without continuation of activity. “
Guillaume Bellavoine
Montluçon rugby evolved in Fédérale 1 until 2015, before being demoted in Fédérale 2. After the liquidation in 2016, a new rugby club was born in Montluçon. The Ovalie club Montluçon played last season in Federal 3.
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