IAN LANGSDON / AFP
The investigation is advancing on the false marriage in Disneyland Paris, two suspects referred this Monday, June 23, in Meaux. (Illustration photo)
Justice-Justice still seeks to clarify the circumstances of this false marriage organized on Saturday June 21 at dawn in the Disneyland Paris park, privatized for the occasion, about thirty kilometers east of Paris, in Seine-et-Marne.
The alleged sponsor of this fictitious ceremony, who played the role of the groom supposed to marry a child, will be referred on Monday in the court of Meaux, where he risks being indicted for fraud and breach of confidence, the prosecution said on Sunday 22nd June 22.
A 24 -year -old Latvian national, and having played the role of the bride’s sister during the event, will also be referred on Monday.
The fake groom is “Probably of British nationality”
“Any infringement of the prejudice of the minor having been dismissed, the Meaux prosecutor’s office retains against these two people the crimes of scam and breach of confidence in the damage of the Disneyland Paris company which has also regularized a complaint in this sense”announced the public prosecutor of Meaux, Jean-Baptiste Bladier in a press release.
The alleged sponsor is an individual “Probably of British nationality and whose identity is not yet certainly established at this time”who would be 22 years old.
He played “The role of the groom after being professionally made up in order to display a completely different face from his”said the public prosecutor of Meaux.
A little girl “Frightened and confused” Among the extras
The event had sowed the excitement because the alleged bride was a 9 -year -old Ukrainian girl and among the hundred extras, not all of them were informed that the wedding was not real, according to a police source.
According to information from Parisian, The little girl was “Frightened and confused” and wore heels “A dozen centimeters taped at his feet”.
But the prosecutor stresses that the Ukrainian child, who arrived in France two days before the event, was not “No violence, physical or sexual” et “Was not forced to play this role” bridal.
Investigations, carried out “Initially under the qualification of violence on minor 15 years old and scam”revealed that “This marriage was actually a fictitious ceremony intended to be filmed privately”insists the prosecutor.
The identity of a Latvian national “Usurpée”
The young sponsor would have “Recruited, with the help of a Latvian citizen, other latons nationals to ensure the smooth running of the event, as well as a hundred French extras, falsely presented to Disneyland Paris as the guests of the wedding”according to the prosecution.
For the prosecution, the Disneyland Paris company was deceived, “The organizer having usurped the identity of a Latvian national and used false documents to obtain the conclusion of the park privatization contract”.
The event was to take place between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m., apart from opening hours to the public, on specially privatized places “For a total cost of 130,000 euros”according to a police source. But Disneyland Paris assured in a press release, transmitted to AFP on Sunday, that he had “Been immediately canceled” by his teams “After the identification of important irregularities”.
Four people in total had been arrested. But the police custody had been lifted on Saturday for the girl’s mother, a 41 -year -old Ukrainian, and for a 55 -year -old man, of Latvian nationality.
