Crans-Montana: Moretti lawyers condemn 'lies'

The lawyers for the owners of the Le Constellation bar which burnt to the ground in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, have denounced "lies" and leaks surrounding the ongoing investigation. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The New Year's Eve fire claimed 40 lives and injured 116 others, many of them serious burns. Legal representatives for the Moretti couple are calling on the Valais Public Prosecutor's Office to resist the pressure created by numerous public comments. + Criticism grows over Crans-Montana autopsies Speaking to several media outlets on Sunday, Yaël Hayat, Nicola Meier and Patrick Michod said that their clients were "devastated" by the tragedy and that, as "guardians of the premises", the "dead were also their dead." The lawyers pointed out that "vindictiveness" had been directed against Jacques and Jessica Moretti, which had "nothing to do with justice." They reiterated that their clients had "no wish to evade justice" and that they wanted "to ...