The former fourth world player, winner of the Davis Cup and of Bercy in 1991 and director of Roland-Garros, Guy Forget saw his name appear in the list of people affected by the Pandora Papers affair according to Radio France. As a reminder, this case concerns offshore companies based in tax havens. Data obtained by the consortium of journalists ICIJ and shared with the investigation unit of Radio France would reveal that the former Davis Cup captain would have owned between 2005 and 2016 a company called Mainland Group Limited based in the British Virgin Islands. The purpose of this company, according to Radio France documents, was to “hold intellectual property rights “, and the assets (1.4 million euros) were “intellectual property rights of various sportsmen “.
Guy Forget and the phone call to the Elysee for the Djoko-Nadal
Guy Forget’s response to journalists
The current tournament director of Roland-Garros and Rolex Paris Masters explained himself to journalists, explaining that “From my teenage years, and at the start of my professional career in the 1980s, until my period as captain of the national teams, the world-famous company IMG managed my interests and my contracts like those of many top athletes in the world. great legality. ” He also adds: “If I called on the company IMG, it is precisely because I am completely incompetent to regulate and manage these financial, legal and fiscal matters. ” The IMG agency for its part declared that “We have no record of any association between Mainland Group Ltd and IMG. Guy Forget was a client of IMG when he was a professional tennis player, until 1997 when his agency contract officially ended. “
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