The businessman Bernard Tapie and his wife were attacked Saturday night through Sunday by four men who broke into their home before fleeing after stealing jewelry.
At around 12.30pm at the Comp la Ville in the Paris region, the couple was taken by surprise as they slept by hooded men dressed in black, who tied them up with cords and beat them, a source close to research.
The 78-year-old businessman was hit in the head with a globe, but neither he nor his wife needed to be treated, Melanie prosecutor Beatrice Angelegi told AFP, adding that the criminals had snatched their jewelry.
Tapi’s wife, who received blows to the face, managed to free herself from her shackles and went to a neighboring house from where she alerted the police, according to the source who has knowledge of the investigation. He was taken to hospital for first aid.
“Our grandfather refused to go (to the hospital), he stayed at home. He is OK, very tired “, said the grandson of the businessman Rodolf Tapi.
Bernard Tapie suffers from cancer of the stomach and esophagus.
Who is Bernard Tapie?
Bernard Rose Tapi is a French businessman, while he has also been involved in acting and has been elected MP twice.
He was born on January 23, 1943, in a French suburb of Paris, in the 20th arrondissement. His father, Jean-Baptiste Tapie, was a laborer, and his mother, Raymond Nodo, was a nurse.
Although not of aristocratic descent, he managed to get involved in business and become a well-known businessman in the mid-1980s.
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