The Criminal Court of Toulon (Var) judges this Wednesday, September 30 a "
figure
" of the movement of Yellow Vests, for "
public insult to the President of the Republic
" and "
public insult and defamation towards individual (s)
", announces Var Matin .
The defendant, originally from Haute-Savoie, is suspected of having inscribed "
graffiti attacking
" Brigitte Macron on an inflatable lobster while he was swimming near the fort of Brégançon, in Bormes-les-Mimosas, the August 11.
He had filmed himself and posted the video on his Facebook account.
Defended by Juan Branco
Arrested by the gendarmes, the 49-year-old man allegedly invoked “
freedom of expression
”.
The first lady had decided to file a complaint, reports the regional daily.
At that time, the presidential couple spent a stay in the Var.
At the hearing, the forty-something will be defended by Juan Branco, defender of the movement and also known to be an advisor to Piotr Pavlenski, the artist accused of having broadcast intimate videos of politician Benjamin Griveaux.