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Thinking of arriving on time in Strasbourg, European deputies were mistakenly found themselves at Marne-la-Vallée station, where the famous French antenna of Disneyland is located.
Justice – Day after day, the mystery around the false marriage to Disneyland Paris with a 9 -year -old child in Disneyland Paris enlocked. The alleged sponsor of this sordid staging, a British citizen who played the role of the groom, was indicted and imprisoned for fraud, breach of trust, laundering and identity theft, the Meaux prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday, June 24. The public prosecutor also placed it under the status of witness assisted for the corruption of minor.
French justice has learned, on information from the British authorities, that this 39 -year -old man “Would have been condemned in the past in particular for sexual offenses on minors,” Indicates the prosecutor of Meaux Jean-Baptiste Bladier in a press release. He is currently wanted in his country for a breach of the obligations of the British file of the authors of sexual offenses to which he is registered, the document said.
This man played “The role of the groom after being professionally made up in order to display a completely different face from his”this Sunday said Jean-Baptiste Bladier this Sunday. A Latvian national, aged 24 and having played the role of the bride’s sister during the event, was also placed under the status of assisted witness.
He was also the one who 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”said the prosecution.
A hundred extras recruited as false guests
Justice still seeks to clarify all the circumstances of this false marriage organized this Saturday at dawn in the tourist complex privatized for the occasion, about thirty kilometers east of Paris, in Seine-et-Marne.
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. However, they were required to keep confidential the event in which they participated.
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”according to the details provided Sunday by the prosecutor.
A 55 -year -old Latvian national, arrested this Saturday and released in stride, said “Having been recruited to play, for 12,000 euros, the role of the bride’s father”, Before discovering “At the last moment that she was nine years old”. It was he who was “At the origin of the call for security of Disneyland Paris”said the assistant prosecutor of Meaux in his press release.
A total cost of 130,000 euros
The prosecutor Jean-Baptiste Bladier said this Sunday 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.
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 private 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”.
