The student behind the affair at the Parisian Maurice-Ravel high school led to death threats against the principal of the establishment. Gabriel Attal declared Wednesday evening that the State “was going to file a complaint” for “slanderous denunciation” The young woman could risk up to five years of imprisonment and a fine of 45,000 euros for slanderousDenunciation.

This qualification is distinguished from insult and defamation, which are less severely punished. The prosecutor will now open a preliminary investigation to understand what happened.