On August 23, 2012, Jean-Luc Delarue lost the fight against the disease. Affected by stomach and peritoneum cancer, the legendary animator and producer died at the age of 48. Aware of his illness, he had prepared everything upstream and had married three months before his death, in Anissa Khelifi, in order to protect her during her succession. But as revealed The informedwhile the conflict that has long opposed it At the ex-wife of his late husband Elisabeth Bost, Anissa Delarue finds herself in front of new complications …
Indeed, thirteen years after the death of Jean-Luc Delarue, his succession is not yet fully completed. As revealed by our aforementioned colleagues, the tax administration has just caught up the producer widow. The acquisition of his production company Reservoir Prod in 2013, by Xavier Niel, is at the heart of the dispute. And it’s more precisely the valuation of the latter with the taxman who is pointed out.
Anissa Delarue received 14 million euros
Indeed, the Company Reservoir Prod was created in 1994 by Jean-Luc Delarue. The producer lifetime, many brands have been launched and allowed the box to garner millions of euros. We owe the host of the testimonial programs such as It’s my choice, live my life, a whole story et It is discussedbut also the arrival of real estate programs on television, with House for sale et Apartment or house search On M6. Since his death, these offers have continued with Mediawan and Xavier Niel since the box produced It starts today et The agency.
When he died, Jean-Luc Delarue held 100% of the Reservoir Prod. These were bought by Lagardère Studios, a subsidiary today owned by Mediawan, of which Xavier Niel is one of the minority shareholders alongside Pierre-Antoine Capton. Jean-Luc Delarue’s company was sold for 14 million euros according to The informed.
A valuation that the taxman disputes …
But today, eleven years after the sale, The taxman is skeptical : Is the enhancement of 14 million euros in the titles selected during the estate really detailed? For the tax administration, such a sum “devoid of any meaning”. In addition, the widow of Jean-Luc Delarue initially declared to the taxman a valuation of securities increased to 9.5 million euros. This statement was made a few months after the producer’s death.
Following the company’s repurchase by Lagardère Studios, but excluding delay according to the taxman, Anissa Delarue retracted by making a change at 14 million euros. In 2014, the tax administration decided to determine the value of the shares itself, by obscuring the sale price. She therefore straightened the widow of Jean-Luc Delarue. Six years later, in 2020, Anissa asked for a discharge of additional taxation… problem, Bercy rejected his request in May 2023.
Anissa Delarue did not let herself be killed … The widow filed an appeal to the Paris administrative court. But the verdict fell this July 1, 2025. Authority rejected its request, and the widow remains definitively recurring. Despite a report by an expertise, Anissa Delarue failed to obtain the mercy of justice. However, it can again appeal the judgment…
