By akademiotoelektronik, 08/10/2022

"Bad joke" or family dispute?Ex-pilot of F1 Jean Alesi in police custody

Jean Alesi, former formula 1, was placed in police custody in Avignon (Vaucluse), where he is heard by the police for exploding a big firecracker against the window of the office of his brother-in-law, A-we learned from the prosecution.

"Jean Alesi was placed in police custody on Monday around 4:00 pm for degradation of the property of others by means of an explosive device," the Nîmes vice-prosecutor, AntoineWolff, confirmed to AFP, confirming daily newspaper"The team".

The facts occurred in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, the city of Gardoise where the former 57-year-old Ferrari driver resides, separated from the Papal City by the Rhône, hence the referral to the Nîmes prosecutor's office, said M.Wolff.

He goes to the police station

Police had been called on Sunday around 10:00 p.m. by the neighborhood, worried by the sound of an explosion.Thanks to the plaque number raised by a neighbor, the police were able to determine that the vehicle seen on the spot before moving away from all extinguished fires belonged to José Alesi, the ex-pilot's brother, who was arrested.

The former Scuderia pilot (1991-1995) then went to the police station on Monday, where he cleared his brother, explaining that it was he who was on board the car, with his son and a friend ofThis one, and which he himself stuck a "big fireworks bought in Italy" in the supervision of a window of the architect's office of his brother-in-law, without imagining to cause such damage"Explained the vice-prosecutor.

" Bad joke "

Jean Alesi, who made 13 seasons in Formula 1 for a Grand Prix victory, explained that he only wanted to make a "bad joke" to his brother-in-law, being separated with his sister, assuring not being in disputewith him.The brother-in-law, who says he has "no worries" with Jean-Alesi, however filed a complaint for the degradation of the framing of his window, said M.Wolff.

Jean Alesi's son and his friend were also placed in police custody, in order to determine if they are not accomplices for this act.

« Je suis assez sceptique quant à la notion d’une ‘blague’ effectuée à 22H00, sans que la personne visée sache de qui il s’agit, et tout le monde est entendu afin de vérifier s’il n’y a pas d’autre mobile », a ajouté AntoineWolff.