The Paris public prosecutor's office has opened a preliminary investigation targeting a Comédie-Française actor accused of violence by a Youtuber who specializes in theater. The identity of the alleged perpetrator has not been released. The investigation, opened Friday for "voluntary violence by ex-spouse or ex-partner", was entrusted to the police station of the XXth.
On Monday, June 29, Marie Coquille-Chambel, 21, who hosts the YouTube channel on the Plain-Chant theater, said on her Facebook page and in a series of tweets that she had complained. She said that she had been hit severely three times and also threatened with death by this actor whom she did not identify. She had posted photos of her showing bruises on her knees and a lip injury.
Today I went to file a complaint against an actor from the Comédie-Française for: "usual violence on a vulnerable person who has not resulted in incapacity greater than 8 days".
My complaint has not been received in full, I am returning to the police station tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/WldLSPs8xb
“I was hit on March 6, March 26 and May 2. Punched in the face, ribs, back when I was on the ground, beaten books, shoes. He dragged me by the hair throughout his apartment. He threw me on the ground. He tried to strangle me and left marks on my neck. I have audio recordings where he threatens me with death, ”said the Youtuber.
"Omerta is no longer possible in the theater"
"I believe that omerta is no longer possible in the theater and I refuse that another can suffer such violence from a man, regardless of his influence and his notoriety," added Marie Coquille-Chambel .
In a press release made public on Friday, her lawyer, Me Agnès Tricoire, denounced the "harassment" of which her client was the subject "on the networks" so that "she reveals the name of the author of these violence". "It is not up to him to reveal this name."
"Marie Coquille Chambel fights courageously, on her own behalf and on behalf of all women, to denounce this violence and encourage victims to file a complaint, whatever their status, their social background and that of their attackers", adds Me Tricoire .
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For its part, the Comédie Française indicated on June 30 on Twitter that it was "deeply shocked to discover the unbearable acts of violence attributed to one of its employees. It condemns them with the utmost firmness and will take all the necessary measures. "
The Comédie-Française is deeply shocked to discover the unbearable acts of violence attributed to one of its employees.
It condemns them with the utmost firmness and will take all the necessary measures.
