A trial at the assizes has been ordered for the youtubeur Acrobate94, who has a million subscribers on social networks, prosecuted for rape by spouse and violence against his ex-girlfriend, we learned this Thursday, September 22 from source close to the case.
As required by the prosecution in early August, Yasmi Medjeber, 30, is sent back to the Val-de-Marne Assize Court for rape committed by spouse, violence aggravated by two circumstances - use of a weapon and acts committed by spouse resulting in a total incapacity for work (ITT) of ten days.
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He will also be tried for death threat by spouse and act of intimidation on a victim to force him not to file a complaint, ordered the investigating judge, according to this source.
His lawyers, Mes Raphaël Chiche and Ulysse Nodon appealed against this indictment issued on Wednesday.
Asked by AFP, they did not wish to make "
no comment
".
First placed in pre-trial detention, Yasmi Medjeber, finalist of the "
Ninja Warrior
" show on TF1 and known on social networks for his motorcycle videos, was placed under an electronic bracelet in November 2021. His former partner, who claims having been under his influence for several years, accuses him of violence since 2019 and rape after having forced her to perform oral sex on him in January 2021, in a park in Chevilly-Larue (Val-de-Marne).
She had filed a complaint the day after the incident.
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Contacted Friday by AFP, the lawyer for the civil party, Me Margot Pugliese did not wish to react.
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.
