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> 2. As outlined in this article, there is a strong economic motive for the swap. Which one? We're not talking about Sogen Kato here, we're talking about Jeann
by masklinn 4y ago
> 2. As outlined in this article, there is a strong economic motive for the swap.
Which one? We're not talking about Sogen Kato here, we're talking about Jeanne Calment.
Calment's daughter is supposed to have died in 1934, did the swap happen then? But there was no economic motive at all, the Calment family was part of the city's wealthy upper class and french social security was only introduced in 1945.
So what else, did the Calment's daughter fake her death somehow (despite her father, mother, husband, and son remaining public figures), then take over after the primary financial coup, the sale of the apartment to the notary in 1965, after what would have been the death of her husband and son both?
Not to mention the notary's strong incentive to uncover such a fraud: the flat was purchased in annuities, he ultimately paid twice the value of the flat (and waited 20 years before being able to use it, when Calment finally moved to a retirement home).
- hn_throwaway_99 4y agoNo, the economic incentive was not pensions, it was avoidance of death duties. It is precisely because Calment's family was wealthier that this motive is stronger: https://yurideigin.medium.com/jaccuse-why-122-year-longevity-record-may-be-fake-af87fc0c3133#ad61 https://yurideigin.medium.com/jaccuse-why-122-year-longevity...
- anonymouskimmer 4y agoCould a 59 year old's body be substituted for a 36 year old's body? If not, what did they do with the supposed daughter's body?
- crote 4y agoSure, why not. It's not like you are trying to swap a 70-year-old with a teenager. If the family ages gracefully, it is definitely possible.
- pineaux 4y agoYes. A bit of make up here or there. You should dive a little bit deeper into the j'accuse. Its quite a brilliant piece. I also like part 3 where he talks about the strange fact that the husband and son died of non-natural causes. I have a feeling that Yvonne might have been quite the psychopath. Great subject for a documentary.
- tyingq 4y agoAvoiding inheritance taxes, or distribution of a will that might not have favored the daughter?
- masklinn 4y agoThere was only a daughter.
- tyingq 4y agoYou can will things to anyone, any entity.