Pascal Jaussi stands trial in Fribourg

In addition to fraud and attempted fraud, the indictment also accuses Jaussi of misleading the judiciary and arson.

The bankruptcy of Jaussi's space company left debts amounting to CHF 31.6 million. The sale of zero-gravity flights earned the company at least 1.6 million francs. No buyer ever took a flight.

Jaussi was found in 2016 with severe burns in a wooded area in the canton of Fribourg. The public prosecutor's office accuses him of staging a robbery. He is alleged to have deliberately delayed the bankruptcy proceedings and deceived the Vaudois judiciary.

Jaussi rejects the accusations of the public prosecutor's office. He told the newspaper "Le Temps" that he intends to prove his innocence in full at the trial.