Could Sébastien Delogu Be Barred From Office? LFI Lawmaker Faces Trial Over Allegedly Stealing Private Documents from a Marseille Entrepreneur
Sébastien Delogu, the La France Insoumise (LFI) member of parliament representing the northern districts of Marseille, is due to stand trial on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, over allegations that he kept and publicly shared private documents stolen from a Marseille entrepreneur he had criticized for alleged ties to Israel. Prosecutors say the case could expose him to criminal penalties, including possible ineligibility for elected office.
According to the public prosecutor’s case, the events date back to September 19, 2024, during a labor dispute at Laser Propreté, the cleaning company responsible for Marseille’s Saint-Charles railway station and parts of the city’s transport network. The company’s director, Isidore Aragones, a former president of Marseille’s branch of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France, said employees entered his office to complain about unpaid wages. After they left, he discovered that a pouch had been stolen. Inside were his and his wife’s passports, a travel quote, and other private papers.
Five days later, Delogu allegedly posted a large portion of the stolen material on Instagram, using it to comment on Aragones’ links with Israel and his personal financial plans. Prosecutors accuse the lawmaker of handling property from a theft, disclosing personal information that could identify or locate a person and create a direct risk of harm, and violating the secrecy of correspondence. The charges carry a possible five-year prison sentence, a fine of 750,000 euros, and a supplementary penalty of ineligibility.
Delogu’s lawyer, Yones Taguelmint, said the MP would not attend Tuesday’s hearing because of a tense climate surrounding him, pointing to recent threats and assaults reported by his client. The defense intends to request that the trial be postponed. Taguelmint also said Delogu had already answered investigators and did not intend to hide behind parliamentary immunity.
Aragones, through his lawyer Samuel Chicha, said he wants to be recognized as a victim and claims the case has led to threats and abusive calls. He told AFP he has lived in fear for two years and described the Instagram posts as placing a target on his back.
Delogu, who became widely known after waving a Palestinian flag in the National Assembly in May 2024 to protest the situation in Gaza, was briefly suspended from parliament at the time. He has also faced other legal and political controversies. In 2025, he was convicted of aggravated violence against two senior education officials during a high school blockade in Marseille in 2023.
At the end of May 2026, Delogu filed a complaint after saying he was insulted, assaulted and threatened with death by a man angered by his positions against the Israeli government. Prosecutors in Marseille opened an investigation. Separately, during the Marseille municipal campaign, Delogu was also linked to an alleged digital interference operation involving Israeli-linked entities, according to reports cited by French and Israeli media.
