Xavière Tiberi (born 22 August 1936) is the widow of the former mayor of Paris Jean Tiberi. She is mostly known for being involved in corruption scandals in the Paris region.
Xavière Tiberi received 200,000
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Essonne
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In 1998, a justice-ordered search of Jean and Xavière Tiberi's apartment on the
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showed that they possessed illegal firearms. They were not prosecuted in exchange for the destruction of the weapons.
The above actions are sometimes referred to by the press as
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On 9 November 2004, Xavière Tibéri and Aurélie Filippetti, an elected official from the French Green Party, wrangled after a tense district council meeting. Each of them accused the other one of assault or threats. Mrs. Tibéri had a head trauma, which she claimed was caused by Mrs. Filipetti pushing her over; she filed a complaint.
Xavière Tiberi was caricatured on '' Les Guignols de l'info'' as an aggressive, dishonest, vulgar and greedy woman.
Friend of Jean-Edern Hallier, she has been Cercle InterHallier member since 2019.Jean-Pierre Thiollet, ''Hallier Edernellement vôtre'', Neva Editions, 2019, p. 199 & 203.