Teddy Riner faces a 244,789-euro tax demand and company liquidation proceedings just as he enters the French presidential race.
French tax authorities targeted Riner Estate, a real estate firm managed by the five-time Olympic judo champion and registered in Levallois-Perret, according to reporting by L’Équipe.
The tax administration requested the judicial liquidation of the company in July. The tribunal des activités économiques de Nanterre opened the proceedings on September 2, fixing the date of cessation of payments at March 3, 2025, per a judgment published on September 11 in the bulletin des annonces civiles et commerciales, as noted by cnews.fr.
Teddy Riner’s entourage declined to comment when contacted by Agence France-Presse. The direction générale des finances publiques also did not respond to inquiries.
This financial challenge coincides with other tax disputes involving the judo star. In early November, reporting indicated that the administrative court of appeal in Versailles upheld a tax adjustment on October 15 related to a luxury car rental company.
Tax officials argued that the athlete used vehicles from the firm, specifically a Ferrari and a Rolls-Royce, for personal purposes. While a court decision was issued on October 15, the names of the individuals and companies involved were anonymized in the published text.
Separately, a holding company named TR Leader Group, managed by Riner until late October 2026, received a recovery notice in May 2022 for 195,693 euros covering penalties and late payment interest as the parent company.
The administrative court of Cergy-Pontoise reviewed the TR Leader Group file in January 2026. The court declared inadmissible a request filed by the company in 2023 seeking the refund of 188,565 euros in corporate income tax paid for 2016, 2017, and 2018, alongside 7,128 euros in late interest, citing irregularities in the tax recovery notice.
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