Two police officers were indicted on September 10 for "violation of professional secrecy" in the investigation into the presence of a photographer during the arrest in February of Piotr Pavlenski, the Russian artist at the heart of the Griveaux affair , we learned Tuesday from a judicial source.
One of the two officials, suspected of having falsified a report, was also indicted for "forgery in public writing".
He was placed under judicial control with a ban on exercising his profession as a police officer, said this source.
Piotr Pavlenski and his companion Alexandra de Taddeo were arrested on February 15 in the west of Paris, in front of the lens of a photographer from the Bestimage agency, directed by Michèle Marchand, who had been informed of the date and place of the operation.
Russian artist still under investigation
This arrest, ordered in the context of a case of violence during New Year's Eve, took place two days after the broadcast, claimed by Piotr Pavlenski, of videos of a sexual nature of Benjamin Griveaux, then LREM candidate for mayor of Paris, precipitating his withdrawal from the municipal battle on February 14.
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The photos, which showed Piotr Pavlenski lying face down on the ground with his hands shackled by handcuffs, had been released the following week in Paris Match.
A video of the scene was also posted on the weekly's website.
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These publications had led the Paris prosecutor's office to open a preliminary investigation on February 28 for "violation of professional secrecy", "concealment of violation of professional secrecy" and "unauthorized dissemination of images of a hindered person".
A police officer had already been heard in police custody on July 1 in this case and released the next day.
The Russian artist is for his part indicted, in particular for "invasion of privacy" and "distribution without the consent of the person" of recordings of a sexual nature in the context of the Griveaux affair.
