Jean-Paul Guerlain’s companion, Christina Kragh Michelsen, was sentenced by the Versailles Court of Appeal to a four-month suspended prison sentence, in particular for intentional violence against the famous perfumer, aged 86, it was reported. learned this Monday, January 16 from a source familiar with the matter.
In the first instance, the one who was initially prosecuted for “neglect of a person unable to protect himself” had been acquitted by the Versailles Criminal Court in October 2021.
The companion of perfumer Jean-Claude Guerlain sentenced on appeal for “willful violence” against her
A doctor had noted that the famous ” nose “, who suffers in particular from incontinence, presented irritation attributed to a lack of care. The court had noted that Christina Kragh Michelsen had been able “obstruct care”but that “this hindrance does not constitute the offense of abandonment”.
The Versailles prosecutor’s office had appealed against this release and Christina Kragh Michelsen was retried by the Court of Appeal, this time for “intentional violence”the qualification retained having been modified.
Appeal in cassation
The 64-year-old Franco-Danish was also sentenced last Thursday for “moral harassment” against a former domestic employee of Jean-Paul Guerlain. Christina Kragh Michelsen was pursued by Stéphane Guerlain, the son of her companion and two years her junior, who accuses her of taking advantage of her father, one of the largest fortunes in France, suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.
“It is a very harsh judgment based solely on the declarations of two life assistants paid by Stéphane Guerlain”reacted the defense lawyer, Me Frédéric Bélot, who specified that he had appealed to the Court of Cassation.
At the Guerlain, a family camera with the scent of scandal
“Stéphane Guerlain is relieved that the facts as they existed have been recognized. He himself was cleared of all the charges that Christina Kragh Michelsen had brought against him for starting a counterfire.for his part commented the lawyer of the son of the perfumer, Me Pascal Koerfer.
The family quarrel is indeed not its first passage before the courts. Last June, Stéphane Guerlain, who was accused by his father’s partner of harassing her and having threatened her on several occasions, was released by the Versailles criminal court.
Christina Kragh Michelsen and Jean-Paul Guerlain met in 2005. The couple even tried to get married but, at the request of the son, who exercises the guardianship of the famous perfumer, the justice had annulled this union on the grounds that Jean-Paul Guerlain was in no condition to consent to this.
