Me Jérôme Triomphe: the discreet lawyer for the parents of Émile Soleil and victims of Crépol

In life, Me Jérôme Triomphe is a jovial man, a false shy man. He is also a conservative, close to traditional Catholic circles. The criminal lawyer was the lawyer for activists from the Manif pour tous and the parents of Vincent Lambert, whose interests he defended in the very sensitive procedure relating to the cessation of this man's treatment. Today, he represents, among others, the parents of Émile Soleil. However, his words are rare. Me Jérôme Triomphe is not the most media-oriented lawyer. Rather those who distrust journalists, and after whom the press runs, often in vain.

When he accepts the exercise, in this month of September, it is, he says, “so that the truth comes out”. In complete discretion, Me Triomphe recently entered into the legal proceedings relating to the murder of Thomas Perotto. His clients are two victims, a father and his son who were present in this clash, at the end of the Crépol ball, between rugby players and young people from the Monnaie district in Romans-sur-Isère, on November 18, 2023. Both were injured in the fight. They knew Thomas Perotto, this 16-year-old rugby player killed by two stab wounds.

At the heart of summer, the lawyer became the architect of a major criminal response. It’s his…