Gaël Perdriau (born 8 July 1972) is a French politician, the current

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Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; frp, Sant-Etiève; oc, Sant Estève, ) is a city and the prefecture of the Loire department in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Saint-Étienne is the ...

. In 2022, Perdriau is being investigated by police after it was claimed he was involved in a plot to film the “erotic massage” given by an escort boy to his conservative Catholic deputy, Gilles Artigues, in a Paris hotel room in 2014. The tape was used to blackmail him for eight years to stop him from challenging Perdiau until the recording was publicized by a French news site in 2022. After the story broke, Artigues filed a criminal lawsuit against both Perdriau and his chief of staff, alleging “aggravated blackmail, the organization of an ambush and embezzlement.” The suit in turn sparked a judicial investigation. Both accused men deny the claims.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Perdriau, Gaël 1972 births Living people Mayors of Saint-Étienne People from Cholet The Republicans (France) politicians Politicians from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes