Kung-fu training "
until exhaustion
", sex therapy sessions to reach the "
eight successive orgasmic doors
", but also "
philosophy
" courses based on conspiracy theses... From this Monday and until October 10, Élysée Ade, a 53-year-old Franco-Beninese, appears in Paris for his role at the head of a sectarian movement whose followers called themselves "
the Warriors of Light
".
He is tried for "
abuse of weakness by psychological subjection
" on twenty-two people, between 2009 and 2015, as well as "
aggravated sexual assault
" on one of them.
230,000 euros in capital
Every Friday evening and Sunday morning, Élysée Ade gave free kung-fu lessons at Parc de la Villette, in the 19th arrondissement in Paris.
Through these training sessions, “
the master-student relationship
” and its “
grip on the members of the group
” were established.
To this were added “
wisdom
” courses, or “
awakening circles
”, during which the defendant mentioned the existence of a “
world conspiracy
” of the Illuminati, linked in particular to “
the poisoning of the air
», «
poisoning by vaccines
».
To create a new world, the mastermind opened a company "
Invisible Light Company
“for which the followers financed the capital to the tune of 230,000 euros.
But the company had no activity following its creation.
While he had no degree in psychology, the latter also delivered “
individual introspection
” sessions, for the modest sum of 50 euros per appointment.
To bring "
peace in the world
", Élysée Ade gave personal development courses based on sexual enjoyment.
The women had to follow sessions during which he assaulted them with a vibrator.
The objective of these sessions was to reach “
the eight orgasmic doors
”.
It is only by reaching this stage that women could "
achieve enlightenment
", explained one of the victims during an interview with the investigators, before adding: "
that is to say a form of ultimate deliverance of the spirit where one has a perception of the world.
Élysée Ade introduced himself into all stages of the personal life of his followers, authorizing or prohibiting couples from having sexual relations, but also imposing on women a drastic weight loss.
One of the victims thus reports that he demanded that he reach the 42-kilogram mark to stay in the group, when his doctor had warned him that it was a “
pathological weight
”.
“
According to him, we were under his energy protection
”
In total, the defendant is accused of having raged between January 1, 2009 and October 6, 2015 by taking advantage of women and men in distress to establish his psychological hold.
“
He was above people.
“His doctrine “
is a mixture of Taoism and Beninese witchcraft
,” described a former follower, before adding: “
According to him, we were under his energetic protection.
(...) Leaving it is as if you no longer put on your helmet or drive with your eyes closed.
This is how the grip was done.
Contacted by our colleagues from Le
Parisien
, civil party lawyer Me Rodolphe Bosselut sees all the "
markers of sectarian drift
": "
depersonalization, cut with the entourage, permanent surveillance coupled with a system of reporting and denunciation, demonization of everything that is outside the group, concentrated around a chimerical project with the capture of money
”.
The person concerned, he denies the facts of which he is accused.
He faces up to seven years in prison and a fine of 100,000 euros.
