In a tragic turn of events at a Swiss resort bar, 40 individuals lost their lives in a catastrophic New Year’s Eve blaze, with the bar’s manager allegedly absconding with the evening’s earnings as guests frantically sought safety. Both owners now face allegations of tampering with evidence following the incident.

According to a report by Italy’s La Repubblica, Jessica Moretti, 40, is accused of abandoning the panic-stricken crowd at Le Constellation as the fire raged, with several witnesses claiming they saw her leaving with the cash register in hand.

Jessica Moretti and her husband, Jacques Moretti, both French citizens who have been at the helm of the upscale Crans-Montana nightclub since 2015, are currently under scrutiny for charges of manslaughter and inflicting injuries on 119 others who suffered severe burns during the Alpine celebration.

In the aftermath, Jessica Moretti reported sustaining “minor burns on one arm” while escaping the inferno that consumed their establishment, as noted by La Repubblica.

Authorities are piecing together the sequence of events using cellphone videos, security footage from within the bar, and recordings from streetlight cameras. Meanwhile, the Morettis are accused of obstructing justice by deactivating social media accounts linked to the incident after the fire.

Romain Jordan, a lawyer representing some of the 116 injured — many of them teenagers left with catastrophic burns — said Le Constellation suspended its Facebook and Instagram accounts while rescue operations were still underway, according to the Times of London.

Jordan said the fire broke out around 1:30 a.m. on New Year’s Day and claimed the club blocked its social media accounts between 3 a.m. and 6:30 a.m., while its website was also taken offline as emergency services worked to extinguish the flames and rescue victims.

He said the suspended accounts contained videos of the packed holiday party and earlier festivities, arguing that their removal showed security concerns “came to the managers’ minds straight away.”

“My clients want answers,” he said. “They want the chain of responsibility that led to this drama to be clearly established. The managers are being investigated, but the council must be investigated, too. No questions must be ignored.”

The fire tore through Le Constellation after sparklers attached to champagne bottles ignited the ceiling during the boozy celebration.

Following the tragedy, Jacques Moretti, 49, told Swiss outlet La Tribune de Genève that “everything was done according to the regulations” and claimed the nightclub had been inspected three times over the past 10 years. He was not inside the nightclub at the time of the fire.

However, Jordan called on prosecutors to intensify the investigation into the Crans-Montana council after officials admitted the bar had not undergone a safety inspection since 2019.

In a statement released Tuesday, the Morettis said they were “devastated” and thinking of the victims, pledging to cooperate with investigators and saying they would “in no way” seek to avoid responsibility, according to The Times.

Other lawyers representing victims have criticized prosecutors for not keeping the Morettis in custody, warning the couple could flee to France — which rarely extradites its own citizens — to avoid trial in Switzerland.

Jordan said he was “surprised” prosecutors did not require the couple to deposit money with the court as a condition of bail.

French newspaper Le Parisien reported that Jacques has an extensive criminal history dating back more than 20 years and is “no stranger” to the French justice system.

“He is known for pimping cases dating back some twenty years, as well as for a kidnapping and confinement case. He was imprisoned in Savoie,” the outlet reported.

Belgian broadcaster RTL also cited a legal source who said Moretti’s prison sentence involved “cases of pimping, fraud, kidnapping and false imprisonment.”