the phenomenon is growing everywhere in France

Saturday, May 7, during an electro concert, Julia feels pain and discomfort. She was bitten without her knowledge. “I couldn’t hold on, whether on my legs or even awake”, says Julia Paulito, a victim. The next day, she performs toxicological analyzes at the hospital, which have so far revealed nothing. “From what I’ve read, it’s sometimes even fun, the goal being to steal as many people as possible […] I don’t understand how you can do that”she adds.

“The job in fact is to open your eyes and to be a bit of a mediator during the evening […] it’s a marauder”, explains Fabien Hyvernaud, general manager of Ninkasi, in Lyon (Rhône). In the Drôme, seven complaints have been filed. Three men were targeted in the same box. “I can’t take on more doormen, I have 11, to put them behind each client, it’s impossible”regrets Véronique Tenneroni, nightclub manager.