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This series in four episodes from the magazine “1:15 p.m. on Sunday” tells the story of the Monflanquin recluses, in which an entire family was the victim, for almost ten years, of a manipulator named Thierry Tilly.
This four-part series from the magazine “1:15 p.m. Sunday“(X, #1:15 p.m.), tellsThe Monflanquin recluse affair, named after this village in Lot-et-Garonne where an entire family, although educated and coming from a long line of Protestant aristocrats, was the victim for almost ten years (2000- 2009), of an infernal manipulator, Thierry Tilly.
The one who claimed to be a secret agent managed to take power within the Védrines family. Over the years, he extorted their trust, fortune and happiness. The ancestral family castle, in Monflanquin, became a prison where the whole family lived as recluses. How was all this possible? Why did the de Védrines not succeed in freeing themselves from the power of this man? An incredible and edifying affair on the power of control.
The ruin of an entire family
Alerted by Christine de Védrines, justice began. She sentenced Thierry Tilly to ten years in prison for abusing his weakness and leading the entire family to ruin. He had in fact forced her to sell Château Martel, the family cradle for four centuries.
When the manipulator left prison after serving his sentence, he was quickly interned in a specialized unit. For their part, the victims know that they will never get the family castle of Monflanquin back. They will now have to write the rest of their story elsewhere.
A signed series by Pauline Dordilly, Henri Desaunay and Fanny Martino.
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