He is the first - and only - parliamentarian to have relayed it. Thursday, at 6.15 p.m., MP (ex-La République en Marche, LREM) Joachim Son-Forget publishes on Twitter the site link referring to private sexual images attributed to Benjamin Griveaux, while the address is still circulating little on social media. The next morning, Friday, the pretender LREM at the town hall of Paris announces to give up his candidacy.
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Sincere or feigned indignation? The link is accompanied by this text, written by the elected representative of the French of Switzerland and Liechtenstein: "I hope that these distressing sexual videos incriminating Benjamin Griveaux and a young woman will be denied by the interested party and his team, because such defamation would be extremely serious in the campaign for Paris ”.
Up to two years and a fine of 60,000 euros
The MP was justified on Friday: he wanted to "warn" the candidate LREM, he said to the Parisian , refuting any intention to "harm" him . It was a question, he swears, of "denouncing the methods used" and "protecting the victims of lynching" . Problem: by virtue of the right to respect for private life, the dissemination - like the capture - without consent of private pornographic images is punishable by two years of imprisonment and a maximum fine of 60,000 euros.
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On social networks, Joachim Son-Forget signs yet another controversial publication. Elected for the first time in 2017, the over-graduate doctor, 36, initially hard-working and discreet, ended up becoming a habit of provocations online. In December 2018, he attacks the senator (Europe Ecology-The Greens) Esther Benbassa on Twitter in a tweet deemed sexist, then delights in a series of unclassifiable tweets - there, he appears as a cartoon character in a photomontage; here he shoots with a sniper rifle. It is a question of showing “the stupidity of the social networks” , will explain it later to Liberation .
Presidential candidate
Taken aback, the LREM group sent him a warning letter. On his own, the deputy slams the door and creates his own movement, "Absolute value", described as "liberal, patriotic and European". The UDI group will welcome him into its ranks for eleven months, until another publication in December 2019, also on Twitter: a photo with the former National Front MP Marion Maréchal.
Since then, the Franco-Kosovar, eager to register "in an openly right path" , said Wednesday his candidacy for the presidential on the set of the show "Touche pas à mon poste", on C8. And tried to recruit, as parliamentary assistant, the ex-project manager of the Élysée Alexandre Benalla. Two objects of pride in his eyes, abundantly relayed on his Twitter account.
