Singer Meggie Lagacé filed a complaint following the #MeToo movement and to ensure that her ex, Corneliu, could no longer cause victims, she declared in a message in which she said she was proud to have gone until the end of the legal process.
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“No one has the right to take away your dignity by making your decisions for you. No one has the right to take control of your body and your mind. No one has the right to drug you. It is a serious criminal act,” said the singer in a message published on social networks, a few minutes after the conviction of Corneliu Munteanu.
The crime dates back to the summer of 2013, when the two former Star Academy 2004 formed a couple. That day, Mme Lagacé was returning from work when she drank a “rum and coke” served by the accused. However, unbeknownst to his partner, he had slipped MDMA into the glass.
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“She experienced symptoms that she could not explain at the time, that is, she feels hyperactive, unable to stop talking and feels her heart beating wildly,” says the summary of the facts.
Fear of denouncing
Months later, when confronted with the situation, Corneliu admitted to having drugged her. The singer then ended the relationship.
Corneliu Montano in 2019
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“This sad event propelled me into a negative spiral and made me go through a multitude of emotions, including a loss of self-esteem, shame and fear of judgment,” she confided in her online publication.
However, if she said she had a “constant desire to denounce him”, she did not do so because of the legal process which seemed “downright insurmountable” to her. The #MeToo movement, which reached its peak in Quebec in 2017, however, pushed her to move forward.
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“I decided to report so that justice can be done and he gets all the help he needs to get treatment,” she said. I made this decision to have the feeling of having gone to the end of my denunciation, to make peace with all of this and finally to close this chapter of my life.
Well surrounded
And in filing a complaint, Meggie Lagacé said she was surrounded by “dedicated and compassionate” people.
“I was told the words “I believe you”, which did me a lot of good,” she continued, thanking everyone who supported her so well. Was it trying? Absolutely. Did I feel frustrated at times? Absolutely. Was I well supported at every step? Absolutely too. The whole legal process was, in a way, a form of therapy for me.”
Assuring that she was well and that she was happy surrounded by her loved ones, she ended her message by insisting that she had been “so well advised”, and that women who wished to file a complaint could be. them too.
“I know that one day, [mes filles] will be proud of their mother as much as I am today,” she concluded.