Tapie lawyer arrested over adidas sale The lawyer of French businessman and former minister Bernard Tapie has been arrested for his role in a the sale by his client of the adidas sportswear firm. The case has made waves into the political establishment, with IMF chief Christine Lagarde having recently been questioned by magistrates for her role as former finance minister in the French government paying Tapie compensation of 400 million euros ($520m) over a dispute with a state-controlled bank at the time of the sale. IMAGES of the headquarters of the finance crime unit investigating the case.