"The nicknames given to me, my crying mother ..."
: actor Saïd Bogota, suffering from dwarfism, recounted his life under the yoke of disability on Tuesday in front of the Assize Court of Essonne, where he appears for attempting to murder an ex-girlfriend's partner.
Read also Beginning of the trial of the actor from
Pattaya,
Saïd Bogota, for attempted assassination
Known for his roles in
Taxi 5
and
Pattaya
, the accused described from his box "
the look of people, the finger pointing, the nicknames we give (to him), (his) mother who is crying
", and how "
he offered gifts to have friends
”.
"
At fifteen or sixteen, I wanted to kill myself
", he sums up in a whisper, even if he confides having had a "
happy
"
childhood
with his parents, originally from Algeria, his brothers and his parents. sisters.
All take the helm to confirm the daily trials of young Saïd Bogota.
Rackets at school
In tears, his mother recounts the rackets at school and the employers "
who did not want him
". “
In the street, everyone said: the dwarf, the dwarf!
», Adds a brother. "
If I could erase everything, I would,
" even promises the sister, very moved, about the assault. In the room, the victim and her mother are crying while holding hands. Since Monday, Saïd Bogota has been on trial for having ordered and participated in the kidnapping, kidnapping and attempted murder in 2018 of a teenager, companion of one of his former girlfriends. He shares the accused's box with two other men - one of the accused appearing free.
The details of the victim's ordeal are chilling.
The young man, 17 years old at the time of the facts, was kidnapped and held hostage in a basement of a building for several hours, where his captors forced him to ingest hydrochloric acid.
Extreme violence
Then transported to a field, he received two flashball shots in the head, tear gas in the face, wrenches on the head with an adjustable wrench, before being sprayed with gasoline and then set on fire. Among his three attackers, the victim formally recognizes Saïd Bogota who, in front of the investigators, admitted part of the violence but denied having wanted to kill her. Photographs of the teenager, blood spattered head and body, in boxer shorts and shocked, were shown to the audience, causing his family to stir. Faced with his judges and his victim, Saïd Bogota strives to impose his humanity. "
I want to be a human being like everyone else, have a girlfriend, children, go to work, metro, work, sleep,
" he told the court.
It is then up to the experts to try to explain the outburst of violence with which he is accused. "
The feeling of rejection in connection with his physical handicap
" that the actor has experienced throughout his life is "
an important key to understanding how it works
", argues psychiatrist Vincent Mahé. “
Impregnated
” with this girlfriend, in his own words, Saïd Bogota “
hyperinvested in this relationship
”, adds the doctor, because “
it echoed years of emotional desert
”. She was able to "
generate feelings of anger, resentment, rage
". “
Today, I can no longer look at myself in a mirror. I find myself ugly - a monster - for what I have done
», Loose Saïd Bogota who apologized to the victim. It will be heard on Wednesday and the verdict rendered on September 21.
