Denis Robert
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Denis Robert is a French freelance journalist and a writer. Robert formerly worked for Libération
newspaper for 12 years.
Denis Robert is best known as co-author of "Revelation$", a book published by Les Arènes on 1 March 2001, which accused Cedel
, later Clearstream
, of a number of illegal financial activities, such as aiding and abetting money laundering, tax evasion et cetera. Clearstream then sued Denis Robert for libel and various other counts on multiple occasions. On 29 March 2004, the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris (High Court) judged Robert, his publisher Les Arènes and the French TV company Canal+ France, which had repeated the allegations raised in Revelation$, to have failed in their attempts to prove any and all allegations; furthermore the court ordered damages to be paid to Clearstream and that the judgment be printed in two French newspapers explaining the defamatory nature of the material. Regarding the same allegations, on 16 October 2008, the Paris Court of Appeal confirmed Robert's sentence for defamation on eight counts. In February 2011, in a final judgment, the Court of Cassation
overturned all convictions, ruling that his work was protected by freedom of speech and of the press.
Libération
Libération is a French daily newspaper founded in Paris by Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July in 1973 in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968. Originally a leftist newspaper, it has undergone a number of shifts during the 1980s and 1990s...
newspaper for 12 years.
Denis Robert is best known as co-author of "Revelation$", a book published by Les Arènes on 1 March 2001, which accused Cedel
Cedel
Cedel was a clearing company of securities. It was founded in 1971 and was owned by of 92 banks. Since July 2002 it is a division of Deutsche Börse, and known as Clearstream....
, later Clearstream
Clearstream
Clearstream Banking S.A. is the clearing and settlement division of Deutsche Börse, based in Luxembourg and Frankfurt. Clearstream was created in January 2000 through the merger of Cedel International and Deutsche Börse Clearing...
, of a number of illegal financial activities, such as aiding and abetting money laundering, tax evasion et cetera. Clearstream then sued Denis Robert for libel and various other counts on multiple occasions. On 29 March 2004, the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris (High Court) judged Robert, his publisher Les Arènes and the French TV company Canal+ France, which had repeated the allegations raised in Revelation$, to have failed in their attempts to prove any and all allegations; furthermore the court ordered damages to be paid to Clearstream and that the judgment be printed in two French newspapers explaining the defamatory nature of the material. Regarding the same allegations, on 16 October 2008, the Paris Court of Appeal confirmed Robert's sentence for defamation on eight counts. In February 2011, in a final judgment, the Court of Cassation
Court of Cassation (France)
The French Supreme Court of Judicature is France's court of last resort having jurisdiction over all matters triable in the judicial stream but only scope of review to determine a miscarriage of justice or certify a question of law based solely on points of law...
overturned all convictions, ruling that his work was protected by freedom of speech and of the press.