The Paris prosecutor's office has opened a preliminary investigation targeting an actor from the Comédie-Française, whose identity has not been disclosed, and who is accused of violence by a Youtuber who specializes in theater, AFP learned on Tuesday. The Paris prosecutor's office confirmed to AFP that it had opened an investigation on Friday for " intentional violence by ex-spouse or ex-partner ", entrusted to the police station of the XXth century.
On her Facebook page and in a series of tweets, Marie Coquille-Chambel, who hosts a YouTube channel on the theater, Plain Chant, said on Monday June 29 that she had filed a complaint after being hit three times violently by this actor that she does not identify, who according to her also threatened her with death.
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“ I was hit on March 6, March 26 and May 2. Punches in the face, ribs, back when I was on the ground, punches of books, of shoes. He dragged me by the hair throughout his apartment. He threw me on the ground. He tried to strangle me and left marks on my neck. I have audio recordings where he threatens to kill me , ”said the Youtuber who posted photos of her showing bruises on her knees and a lip injury.
" I believe that omerta is no longer possible in the theater and I refuse that another can suffer such violence from a man, regardless of his influence and his notoriety, " said Ms. Coquille- Chambel. In a press release Friday, her lawyer, Me Agnès Tricoire, had denounced the " harassment " which was the subject of her client " on the networks " so that " she reveals the name of the author of these violence ". " It is not up to him to reveal this name ."
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" Marie Coquille Chambel fights courageously, on her own behalf and on behalf of all women, to denounce this violence and encourage victims to file complaints, whatever their status, their social background and those of their attackers ", according to Agnes Tricoire. “ The Comédie-Française is deeply shocked to discover the unbearable acts of violence attributed to one of its employees. It condemns them with the utmost firmness and will take all the necessary measures ”, had also commented on the Frenchman in a tweet Tuesday June 30.