Me olivier metzner biography

Olivier Metzner (22 November 1949 – 17 March 2013) was a French criminal lawyer.
Olivier Metzner (22 November 1949 17 March 2013) was a French criminal lawyer.
Metzner committed suicide in 2014; police believe he was being blackmailed by a 'former long-time lover'.

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Author(s): Chris Hutchins

Crime & Thrillers

The twisted true story of Alexandre Despallieres

Alexandre Despalli res bewitched many people with his poisonous charm. A popstar in France during the 80s, one of his hits was fittingly entitled L'AmourMort...

Posing as a billionaire businessman dying of cancer, Despalli res seduced and married former Warner Music boss Peter Ikin in 2008. Just one month later, Ikin died of an overdose of paracetamol, and Despalli res inherited his estate through a forged will.

Around the same time, he was also involved with one of the most powerful lawyers in France, Olivier Metzner. Metzner committed suicide in 2014; police believe he was being blackmailed by a 'former long-time lover'. Other suspected victims include both of Despalli res' own parents and the Hollywood heiress Marcelle Becker, who formally adopted Despalli res in 2005.

Despalli res died of Covid in 2022, just before he was due to stand trial for Peter Ikin's murder. In Love until Death, Chris Hutchins - who knew the accused personally - explores the life and suspected

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Olivier Metzner

French criminal lawyer

Olivier Metzner (22 November 1949 – 17 March 2013) was a French criminal lawyer.^[1]

Early life

Metzner was born into a simple farming Protestant family from Champ-Haut, Orne.^[2] which had fled Prussia in the nineteenth century. Metzner had a brother who became a scientist and a sister who became a teacher.^[3]

Metzner became interested in law after reading Franz Kafka and a newspaper story about a shepherd with limited language skills who was sentenced to death. He studied law in Caen^[3] before moving to Paris where he became a lawyer in 1975.

Legal practice

Metzner was a recognized specialist in criminal law cases, particularly known for his ability to detect defects in procedure and freeing clients on technicalities.^[4]

Metzner represented the interests of many individuals or companies in court; Loïk Le Floch-Prigent, Jean-Marie Messier, Jacques Crozemarie, Timothy Koogle CEO of Yahoo!, Patrick Puy former CEO of Moulinex, the Bouygues group, Continental Airlines f

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