The wife of Adrien Quatennens filed a complaint against him in Lille, the entourage of the LFI deputy and a source familiar with the matter told AFP on Monday, confirming information from BFM TV.
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Céline Quatennens "returned to the police station on September 26 to say that she wanted to change her two handrails into a complaint", which relates "to the same facts, there are no new ones", it was specified. in the entourage of Adrien Quatennens.
“She was summoned to formalize and clarify the content of her daybook.
She mentioned three separate facts, two of which were very recent, finally filing a complaint, ”said a source familiar with the matter.
"Her husband was summoned on 26 (September) afternoon and was then able to be heard freely on these elements and these facts", added this source.
Céline Quatennens, whose first handrail had been revealed by the Canard enchaîné in mid-September, triggering the case, filed a second recently, the deputy's lawyer, Jade Dousselin, had indicated on Saturday.
She confirmed information from France Info, according to which this approach dates from Saturday September 24, a few days after the opening of an investigation.
This new daybook "limits itself to evoking SMS sent by my client as part of their separation", which "does not contain any message of a malicious or threatening nature", specified the lawyer in a press release.
“Context of extreme tension”
The Lille prosecutor's office had indicated on September 19 that it had opened an investigation after the first handrail filed against the deputy by his wife, as part of its "proactive criminal policy for the treatment of domestic violence".
In a press release on September 13, after the article in Le Canard Enchaîné, Céline and Adrien Quatennens said they had learned “through lawyers” that the prosecution had taken up the facts.
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Adrien Quatennens immediately withdrew from his function as coordinator of La France Insoumise, acknowledging violence against his wife in a press release posted on Twitter.
He notably admitted having "gave him a slap", "a year ago", "in a context of extreme tension and mutual aggressiveness", claiming to have "deeply regretted this gesture".
