![Frenchman Jean-Michel Andre holds his three-year-old daughter Elise as he arrives before a news conference in Marseille, April 14, 2009. Andre has accused Irina Belenkaya, the Russian mother of Elise, of organizing Frenchman Jean-Michel Andre holds his three-year-old daughter Elise as he arrives before a news conference in Marseille, April 14, 2009. Andre has accused Irina Belenkaya, the Russian mother of Elise, of organizing](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2E70BRN/frenchman-jean-michel-andre-holds-his-three-year-old-daughter-elise-as-he-arrives-before-a-news-conference-in-marseille-april-14-2009-andre-has-accused-irina-belenkaya-the-russian-mother-of-elise-of-organizing-the-kidnapping-of-their-daughter-after-two-unidentified-men-assaulted-him-and-took-the-girl-away-friday-march-20-2009-in-arles-reutersjean-paul-pelissier-france-crime-law-2E70BRN.jpg)
Frenchman Jean-Michel Andre holds his three-year-old daughter Elise as he arrives before a news conference in Marseille, April 14, 2009. Andre has accused Irina Belenkaya, the Russian mother of Elise, of organizing
![An injured Jean-Michel Andre poses in his daughter's room after he answered the media in Arles, southern France on March 20, 2009. European police were Saturday seeking three-year-old Elise in the middle An injured Jean-Michel Andre poses in his daughter's room after he answered the media in Arles, southern France on March 20, 2009. European police were Saturday seeking three-year-old Elise in the middle](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2E3FTF8/an-injured-jean-michel-andre-poses-in-his-daughters-room-after-he-answered-the-media-in-arles-southern-france-on-march-20-2009-european-police-were-saturday-seeking-three-year-old-elise-in-the-middle-of-an-international-tug-of-love-after-her-french-father-jean-michel-andre-said-his-estranged-russian-wife-irina-belenkaya-had-kidnapped-her-in-broad-daylight-in-the-city-of-arles-southern-france-jean-michel-andre-a-researcher-in-oceanography-from-the-south-of-france-said-two-men-dressed-as-security-agents-hit-him-hard-before-taking-his-daughter-elise-as-she-returned-home-from-school-in-t-2E3FTF8.jpg)
An injured Jean-Michel Andre poses in his daughter's room after he answered the media in Arles, southern France on March 20, 2009. European police were Saturday seeking three-year-old Elise in the middle
Jean-Michel André: "La crise, je l'avais un peu sentie venir, c'était trop beau, ça ne pouvait pas durer" | L'Echo
![An injured Jean-Michel Andre poses in his daughter's room after he answered the media in Arles, southern France on March 20, 2009. European police were Saturday seeking three-year-old Elise in the middle An injured Jean-Michel Andre poses in his daughter's room after he answered the media in Arles, southern France on March 20, 2009. European police were Saturday seeking three-year-old Elise in the middle](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2E3FTGM/an-injured-jean-michel-andre-poses-in-his-daughters-room-after-he-answered-the-media-in-arles-southern-france-on-march-20-2009-european-police-were-saturday-seeking-three-year-old-elise-in-the-middle-of-an-international-tug-of-love-after-her-french-father-jean-michel-andre-said-his-estranged-russian-wife-irina-belenkaya-had-kidnapped-her-in-broad-daylight-in-the-city-of-arles-southern-france-jean-michel-andre-a-researcher-in-oceanography-from-the-south-of-france-said-two-men-dressed-as-security-agents-hit-him-hard-before-taking-his-daughter-elise-as-she-returned-home-from-school-in-t-2E3FTGM.jpg)