The manager of a café in Les Deux Alpes resort in the French Alps, in France’s Isère district, who sparked an uproar last month when she told a Jewish customer that “There are too many of you," will stand trial in March 2027 before the Grenoble criminal court, French media reported. She has been charged with “publicly insulting a private individual in a discriminatory manner because of his religion.”
French outlet CNEWS reported that, after the video was posted on social media, prosecutors in Grenoble opened an investigation. The prosecution later confirmed that “the manager of the establishment did indeed make these remarks to a customer at the business, who filmed her.” It also stressed that “analysis of the investigative material does not indicate that the victim, who filmed the incident, provoked her or caused the offense to be committed.”
Video from the ski resort in the French Alps
(Video: From social media)
CNEWS also reported that legal proceedings were opened against the business owner for “public insult of a discriminatory nature toward a private individual because of his religion.” Prosecutors said that “the suspect will be summoned to appear before the Grenoble criminal court, sitting as a panel of three judges, at a hearing to be held on March 2, 2027, at 1:30 p.m.”
Speaking with CNEWS, Eli Sultan, the man who filmed the video, said he was “pleased that there will be a trial.”
“I didn’t just want to create buzz. That was exactly the goal, to bring the matter before the justice system,” he said. “I am letting the justice system do its job, in the hope that the manager will be convicted. It is not only because of our religion, but because of all religions — they should not have to endure something like this.”
“I hope this teaches a lesson to racists and antisemites who want to express their hateful thoughts,” he added.
'There's too many of you', the storeowner told a Jewish customer
(Photo: From social media)
The video, which was posted among other places on X, formerly Twitter, was forwarded to the French interior and justice ministers, as well as to the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France. French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said last month that “the National Gendarmerie has opened an investigation in cooperation with prosecutors. The woman involved will have to answer for the remarks that were made, which I strongly condemn and which have no place in our Republic.”
The incident took place in Les Deux Alpes, a popular mountain resort in France that also operates during the summer months. The video sparked widespread online debate over the treatment of Jewish vacationers and the rise in antisemitic remarks in France.