The Créteil public prosecutor's office has requested a trial at the assizes for rape by spouse against the youtubeur Acrobate94, also known as the "
Spiderman of the Republic
" since his ascent of a building during an anti-racist demonstration in Paris in 2020, a-t- we learned Wednesday, August 24 from the prosecution, requested by AFP.
In its indictment delivered in early August, the prosecution also requested that this influencer, known for his motorcycle videos and who has a million subscribers on Instagram and Youtube, also be tried for violence aggravated by two circumstances - use of a weapon and acts committed by spouse resulting in total incapacity for work (ITT) for more than eight days, -, death threat by spouse and act of intimidation against a victim to force him not to file a complaint or to retract.
First placed in pre-trial detention, the finalist of the show "
Ninja Warrior
", now 29 years old, has now been released from prison and placed under an electronic bracelet, said a source familiar with the matter.
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His former companion, who claims to have been under his influence for several months, accuses him of violence since 2019 and of rape after having forced her to perform oral sex on him in January 2021, in a park in Chevilly-Larue (Val -de-Marne), according to a source familiar with the matter.
She had filed a complaint the day after the incident.
Contacted by AFP, his lawyer did not respond immediately and the victim's lawyer, Me Margot Pugliese did not wish to comment.
Yasmi M., nicknamed Acrobate94, is known to the general public for having climbed a Parisian building during a demonstration against racism on June 13, 2020. He had climbed several floors with his bare hands to remove a banner hung by Génération Identitaire
