While the controversy and the pressure were always more galloping, Adrien Quatennens came out of the silence. Questioned by a handrail filed by his wife Céline for episodes of violence, the deputy France Insoumise gave his version of the facts this Sunday, September 18 through a press release published on Twitter: “JI don’t want the movement that I represent to bear these pressures, nor that infamous speculations persist about me”he commented.
In the process, the number two of La France Insoumise also denounced “the act of political malice consisting in leaking the contents of a daybook to the press”. Adrien Quatennens has announced that he is stepping down from his post at La France Insoumise. “I step back from my role as coordinator of La France Insoumise to protect the movement, its activists and all those who rely a lot on me.“, he clarified.
This figure of La France Insoumise returned to the domestic violence of which he is suspected, evoking in particular arguments since the announcement of his separation from his wife and a slap he gave her: “I gave it away when it didn’t look like me and it never happened again. I deeply regretted this gesture and I apologized very much for it. he defended himself. “Like millions of French people, we are currently experiencing a difficult divorce situation that we intend to achieve amicably. We intend to protect our privacy and that of our family, and ask for respect to find the path of appeasement.”, he also wrote. This long message comes five days after the publication of an article in Le Canard enchaîné, which revealed that his wife had filed a handrail against him in the context of a divorce situation.