Far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen 'admits' setting up fake job for her bodyguard
Source: Daily Mail
French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has admitted setting up a fake job in the European parliament for her ex-paratrooper bodyguard nicknamed 'The Gorilla', according to a report by the European Anti-Fraud Office.
It was all part of a criminal scam worth up to £300,000 ($375,000) to Ms Le Pen's far-right National Front (FN) party that could now see the 48-year-old jailed. A previously confidential report by Olaf, the European Anti-Fraud Office, contains the allegations, all of which are today published in French investigative outlets Mediapart and Marianne.
They show how Ms Le Pen, who is an MEP, made Thierry Légier - the 6ft 2ins, 224lb. stone former soldier who revels in his 'Gorilla' nickname - a 'parliamentary assistant' on £6000 ($7,500) plus a month. Légier, 51, is regularly seen accompanying Ms. Le Pen to events, and in the past has protected Hollywood celebrities ranging from Charles Bronson and Mel Brooks to Sean Penn.
Before starting work for Ms. Le Pen in 2011, he spent decades looking after her father, the convicted racist and anti-Semite Jean-Marie Le Pen, who founded the FN in the 1970s.
Le Pen has denied the allegations and said on Friday that she has not admitted to the claims.
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