YouTuber Norman Thavaud summoned by the police for a confrontation with a complainant

Norman Thavaud, French pioneer of YouTube, is summoned Thursday, December 15 to the brigade for the protection of minors in order to be confronted with one of the women who accuses him of rape, learned

from the Paris prosecutor's office, confirming information from BFMTV.

The Paris prosecutor's office also tells us that the videographer is the subject of a seventh complaint, currently being examined, as part of the investigation into rape and corruption of minors opened in January 2022. He was released at the end from custody on December 6.

A complaint in Canada

In 2020, a Quebec fan, Maggie D., publicly accused Norman Thavaud of having manipulated her to obtain sexual photos and videos, when she was, according to her, 16 years old at that time.

She said she had filed a complaint in Canada.

As part of a Quebec-French investigation published by the Urbania media in April 2021, other women had made similar accusations against the youtuber for facts that allegedly occurred when some were still minors.

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During his hearings, the youtubeur denied any constraint.

Following his police custody, the Webedia group (AlloCiné, PurePeople, etc.) suspended its collaboration with the 30-year-old.

The YouTube platform punished him by demonetizing his channel, depriving him of revenue-generating advertisements associated with his channel, which has nearly 12 million subscribers.