According to information from Liberation, the youtuber was taken into police custody on Monday, December 5, for rape and corruption of minors as part of a preliminary investigation entrusted to the minors protection brigade.
the youtuber Norman Thavaudwho has nearly 12 million subscribers on his “Norman makes videos” channel, was placed in police custody on Monday, December 5 for rape and corruption of minorsaccording to information from Release. A Preliminary investigation was opened by the Paris prosecutor’s office and entrusted to the minor protection unit (BPM). As the daily specifies, several teenage girls and young women accuse the videographer of facts of a different nature. Six women filed a complaint to date, specifies on its side BFM TV.
Internet users remember it: in August 2018, the youtuber squeezeLucas Hauchard of his real name, had denounced in a tweet, massively relayed, the actions of some of his colleagueswhom he accused of taking advantage of their notoriety to try to obtain favors from their fans, often young girls. “YouTubers (including those shouting from the rooftops that they are feminists) who take advantage of the psychological vulnerability of young subscribers to obtain sex, we see you“had thus written the videographer on his account Twitter. A tweet that later led to the birth of the hashtag #BalanceTonYoutubeur, on which many testimonies have been shared. Normand Thavaud was one of the men targeted.
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Six potential victims
In April 2021, Maggie Desmaraisa young Quebecer, decided to file a complaint against Norman Thavaud after accusing the 35-year-old comedian of having, during their conversations on Snapchat, put pressure to getting naked videos and photos of her when she was still underage. He was 31 years old. Maggie Desmarais had testified openly on the site Urbania : according to the media’s investigation, several dozen young women, some of whom were minor at the time, claimed to have also exchanged with Normand Thavaud.
According to Liberation, Maggie Desmarais was summoned to France by the brigade for the protection of minors and should participate in a confrontation with Normand Thavaud tuesday. Questioned by the courts, the five other potential victims, two of whom were minor at the material time, could have suffered a rape.