French mayor sentenced to prison for blackmailing political rival with sex tape

A French court has sentenced the mayor of Saint-Étienne, Gaël Perdriau, to four years in prison for orchestrating a blackmail plot against a political rival using a secretly recorded sex tape. Perdriau was found guilty of blackmail, criminal conspiracy and misuse of public funds, and was barred from holding public office. 

French mayor sentenced to prison for blackmailing political rival with sex tape
A French court has sentenced the mayor of Saint-Étienne, Gaël Perdriau, to four years in prison for orchestrating a blackmail plot against a political rival using a secretly recorded sex tape. Perdriau was found guilty of blackmail, criminal conspiracy and misuse of public funds, and was barred from holding public office. 

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