
In Moscow, the police detained the composer, leader of the French group Space, Didier Maruani and lawyer Igor Trunov. This was reported by Interfax with reference to lawyer Lyudmila Aivar, representing the interests of Trunov.
According to the lawyer, the musician and lawyer had to sign a settlement agreement with the Russian singer Philip Kirkorov. "Trunov and Maruani went to Sberbank on Pokrovka to meet with Kirkorov to sign the agreement, but there they were waiting for the police and lawyer Kirkorov Alexander Dobrovinsky, - I said Aivar.“ I think it was specially adjusted. Kirkorov could write a statement of extortion. ”
At the same time, Aivar has evidence that Kirkorov agreed to settle the dispute in a pre -trial manner. “We have a correspondence with Kirkorov, where he promises to pay compensation,” the lawyer noted.
In turn, Dobrovinsky said that the detention of Trunov and the leader of Maruani is related to the statement of Kirkorov. "Philip Kirkorov appealed to the police with a statement on the extortion of Trunov and Maruani 1 million euros from him not to disseminate negative information about them," the lawyer said. According to him, he is currently at the scene of the detention of Trunov and Maruani, who will in the near future will be questioned in this fact.
The press service of the capital's head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs confirmed that, according to Kirkorov, a pre-investigation check was launched. "There are no detainees at the moment. Officially, a person is not detained until a protocol on detention has been drawn up," the press service noted.
The conflict of musicians is associated with copyright violations. The French musician accused Kirkorov of plagiarism in the song "Cruel Love." According to experts, this composition is the processed version of the Symphonic Space Dream Maruani song.
On November 28, Trunov said that the parties managed to agree on a pre -trial manner. According to him, Kirkorov recognized the claims of Maruani and the Space group and even agreed to pay compensation. However, the lawyer of the Russian singer Alexander Dobrovinsky denied this and claimed that there were no agreements.
Later, on Tuesday, TASS announced with reference to Dobrovinsky that the Prankers Vovan and Lexus ( Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexei Stolyarov ) were listed from Maruani on behalf of Kirkorov).
On September 21, the Bar Chamber of the Moscow Region deprived Trunov’s status of a lawyer for violating his professional ethics.