The Paris prosecutor's office opened an investigation for "rape" and "sexual assault" after complaints from nearly thirty women against a Parisian street artist, Wilfrid A., AFP learned this Wednesday, July 8. This investigation, revealed by the magazine Neon , was opened on June 26 and entrusted to the second district of judicial police (2nd DPJ), confirmed the parquet floor of Paris to AFP.
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On June 22, the magazine Neon published an investigation into accusations of sexual violence targeting this Parisian artist, known for his tag "Love runs the streets" appearing in many places in the capital. "With the help of his two caps, that of the street artist and that of the photographer, Wilfrid A. would engage in a tireless hunt, which one could describe as frantic, to very young women, and this for at least a decade" wrote the magazine.
Several women interviewed by the magazine described rape or sexual assault. In this first article, no complaint is recorded coming from the women having testified, but a complaint is finally announced on June 30 by Pauline Grand d'Esnon, journalist author of the investigation, on Twitter.
"Sexual predator"
On Tuesday, 25 women, aged 19 to 49, implicated Wilfrid A. in a new complaint, consulted by AFP. Twelve accused him of "rape", thirteen of "sexual assault", some being minor at the time of the alleged facts, according to this complaint filed by Me Valentine Rebérioux and Me Louise Bouchain. This complaint was joined to the preliminary investigation already opened against Wilfrid A., according to the parquet floor of Paris.
These 25 women recount the same "stratagem" that Wilfrid A., described as a "sexual predator", using his "notoriety" to "assault his victims", would use . He would often approach in the Montmartre district in which he resides, and compliment them, before proposing to them to pose for him .
Arrived at his home, young women, according to the text of this complaint, would often be offered drugs or alcohol. Wilfrid A. would then change his attitude, becoming violent or aggressive, and would have forced some of the sexual penetration, would have committed sexual assault on others.
Contacted, Me Joseph Cohen-Sabban, lawyer for Wilfrid A., did not answer Wednesday morning questions from AFP.