It is a testimony that shivers down your spine. More than a month after living the horror, the young Kenza has decided to share her story and deliver the most sordid details. In the columns of Parisian, published on March 7, 2021, readers have indeed discovered the sad fate reserved for the young Lyonnaise by her parents on the evening of January 20, 2021. As evidenced by the photo which illustrates the article, it is a young woman with a swollen face and roughly shaved head that our colleagues have met. And for good reason, in May 2020, when the French suddenly regain their individual freedoms after two months of confinement, Kenza decides to leave the family home, no longer finding himself in the traditional values transmitted by his parents. A decision that will revolt his relatives.
A departure from the family cocoon for the nightlife in Lille
"I am a living good and I felt like I was in prison at home, it's as if I had an electronic bracelet, not the right to go out alone", says Kenza. After having sold hundreds of ready-made meals, the young woman seizes her savings and arrives in Lille where she discovers the world of the night: "There I had a great time, I made up for lost time ". A few weeks later, she decides to start an escort-girl activity. However, not forgetting her family, she made a few trips back and forth to Lyon, until the day her parents did not let her leave. "My parents had confiscated my identity card and when I left, my mother tried to prevent me from taking the train, the police had to intervene." She manages to leave all the same.
On January 19, 2021, Kenza decides to take advantage of the fresh air at the end of the evening to go buy pizzas and cigarettes: "On my way home, my arms full, I came across two hooded people hidden behind the door of the building. I was punched in the face. I fell for nothing. They then tied me up with ropes, taped me up, put me under a blanket, carried and thrown in the trunk of a car ", she explains. She will quickly understand that these two strangers are none other than her parents.
Kenza finds herself sequestered in her own family home
When Kenza finds himself at his home, all hell has only just begun: "I asked to go to the bathroom, they told me to do it on me. I asked to take a shower, it was no. I asked for food. It was no. There, they have kept humiliating me. They took my phone, tied me to a chair with tape, yelled at me, " she explains, with difficulty, before adding: "They blamed me for not being a virgin anymore, asked me if I was planning to make a career as an escort, if I was doing it for fun or for money, iThey repeatedly hit me in turn, beatings, slaps, until 2 am. I couldn't defend myself. I will remember it all my life … "
As she explains in Parisian, his parents, but also his brothers and his sister, reproached him for not following religious dogma: "They told me that I had looked for it all. That in our religion, we must be married. They wanted to marry me and bring me back to Algeria. " His torturers will even go so far as to contact one of his friends on Snapchat. A call that will allow him to warn the police. For the time being, Kenza's parents, but also her brother, sister and a close relative of the family have been indicted for "arrest, kidnapping, forcible confinement and arbitrary detention, committed in assembly". His brother was imprisoned, the other members of the group placed under judicial supervision.
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