Most of the accusers of Salim Berrada, 38, chose to face him and testify. Punctuated by silences and tears, precise and poignant, their stories paint the portrait of a worrying predator.

Questioned after each of these statements, the former photographer denies it, clinging to notes, determined to defend “consensual relationships”. Some “didn’t have the strength” and others couldn’s come. But most chose to testify at the Paris criminal court.