It is an image that is a stain for the Nupes (New Popular Ecological and Social Union), less than a week before the legislative elections.
Sunday, the Reconquest candidate in the 4th constituency of the Alpes-Maritimes, Damien Rieu, published on Twitter a video of a few seconds on which appears Léon Thébault, candidate of the left in the 1st constituency of Aveyron, snorting a powder white that looks like cocaine in a nightclub.
“
Good evening @LeonThebault, is that you on this video?
“Says the defector from the National Rally and former member of Generation Identity, known for his activism on social networks.
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The 21-year-old candidate, member of Europe Ecology the Greens, confirmed Monday with Center Presse Aveyron that it was indeed him on the video.
“
This video is old.
It dates from when I was in first class
, ”defends Léon Thébault, now a student at Sciences Po Paris.
"
We were in the evening with friends, and it was not a question of drugs but of a crushed Doliprane, reduced to powder
", he assures, without being able to verify his statements.
"
It's the kind of stupid things you can do when you're a teenager and in the evening
," admitted the Nupes candidate, who reserves the right to file a complaint against Damien Rieu for "
defamation
".
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Asked about this affair on France 2 this Wednesday, Sandrine Rousseau, environmental candidate for Nupes in the 9th district of Paris, was embarrassed.
“
I have no comment to make on that
,” she tried to kick into touch.
“
This is a video from several years ago.
Obviously his attitude has changed since
then, ”she stammered.
“
The use of drugs is dangerous for health
”, finally affirmed Sandrine Rousseau, in favor of the legalization of cannabis, also defended by Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
