The following day, it was confirmed that Barrot had received an eight-month suspended jail sentence in the case, and that this had been quickly expunged by the amnesty decided by Chirac and his parliamentary majority.
Nicméně den nato se potvrdilo, že Barrot dostal v daném případě osmiměsíční podmínku a že ta byla rychle vymazána amnestií od Chiraca a jeho parlamentní většiny.