Alain Delon affair: what a new expertise reveals about the actor's discernment ?

Alain Delon le 19 mai 2019 à Cannes. MAXPPP – FRANCK CASTEL

Ce samedi 13 janvier 2024, Alain Delon a passé une nouvelle expertise quant à son discernement. Selon l'avocat de l'avocat de l'acteur, cette dernière contesterait le rapport de la première demandée par le procureur de la République.

While the Delon family is publicly tearing itself apart, this Monday, January 15, a press release from the actor's lawyer resonates as a new twist in this media affair. The main question for the Montargis public prosecutor lies in the discernment of Alain Delon.

An expertise that challenges

If the first expert opinions indicated that the actor's discernment was "totally abolished", a press release from the lawyer ' Alain Delon declares that a new expertise carried out this Saturday shows quite the opposite, reports Le Parisien.

"Mr. Alain Delon responded to the questions of the expert doctor, thus confirming that his discernment is in no way abolished, contrary to the slanderous accusations of which he has been the subject in the media since January 4, 2024" , wrote Me Christophe Ayela.

Quickly, this result was contested by the son, Anthony Delon as well as his lawyer Laurence Bedossa, according to information from BFMTV. "The expertise is currently taking place in Douchy in the unique presence of Anouchka Delon who instead answers the questions asked to Mr. Alain Delon. This situation taints the regularity of this expertise, explained the latter.

The clock test

Alain Delon should pass a battery of tests which will determine whether or not he is placed under guardianship. Once the state of health of French actor Alain is determined, a "detailed medical certificate" will be delivered by the doctor chosen by the courts.

This examination consists of a multitude of small tests, such as more or less in-depth discussions on the identity or the overall feeling of the person being examined, reports&nbsp ;Le Parisien.

Among these tests, that of the clock, which Alain Delon should pass, is of particular interest. The latter is frequently carried out in order to early detect cognitive disorders, which may be significant of Alzheimer's disease or other neurodegenerative pathologies. It mainly consists of placing hands which correspond to a given time on a drawn dial.