Norman Thavaud's police custody was lifted on Tuesday evening with the idea of a "further investigation" and without proceedings against him at this stage, indicates the Paris prosecutor's office.
The star youtuber had been there since Monday morning as part of an investigation into rape and corruption of minors.
The investigation was entrusted to the Brigade for the Protection of Minors (BPM).
The prosecution specifies that the procedure, opened in January 2022, concerned "six complainants".
Five of them would accuse Norman of rape, two were minors at the time of the facts.
The Webedia group (AlloCiné, PurePeople, 750g, Jeuxvideo.com...) announced on Twitter "the suspension of its collaboration" with Normand Thavaud.
In 2015, he became a French Youtube leader by buying Mixicom, an MCN (network of web channels) which brings together famous comedians from the net, including Cyprien and Squeezie who share with him the podium of the most followed video producers in France.
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Norman Thavaud was in police custody for rape and corruption of minors
In 2020, a Quebec fan, Maggie D., publicly accused Norman of having manipulated her to obtain sexual photos and videos, when she was, according to her, 16 years old at the 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 while some were still minors.
