The Paris prosecutor’s office made its requisitions at the end of March, which franceinfo was able to consult on Friday. The couple has been placed under judicial supervision since their indictment in early 2020.
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A criminal trial has been requested against the Russian artist Piotr Pavlenski and his companion Alexandra de Taddeo in the case of the intimate videos of Benjamin Griveaux, according to the requisitions of the Paris prosecutor’s office dated March 29, which franceinfo has could consult on Friday 22 April. The couple, indicted in February 2020 after the broadcast of an intimate video of the one who was then a candidate for La République en Marche for mayor of Paris, has since been placed under judicial supervision.
In its requisitions, the Paris prosecutor’s office requires a criminal trial for the couple for “invasion of privacy”. Their maintenance under judicial supervision was also requested. On the other hand, the Paris prosecutor’s office requires a partial dismissal for the offense of “invasion of privacy by the dissemination without the consent of the person of images of a sexual nature”.
On February 12, 2020, screenshots of intimate exchanges between Secretary of State Benjamin Griveaux and Alexandra de Taddeo were posted on the website of Russian activist Piotr Pavlenski. On February 15, Benjamin Griveaux announced that he was withdrawing his candidacy for the municipal elections for mayor of Paris. The Russian artist has always claimed his gesture since the start of the procedure as being “an integral part of his artistic expression and his militant actions on his pornopolitical site”, notes the Paris prosecutor’s office in its indictment. Reached by franceinfo, master Yassine Bouzrou, lawyer for Piotr Pavlenski, does not wish to comment at this stage.