One of the participants in the event would be an inmate “sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment for rape by the Val-de-Marne Assize Court in February 2021”, advances the daily “L’Opinion”. A presence that broke the trust between the penitentiary center and the production, believes the latter.
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New twist in the controversy over the “Kohlanness” event at Fresnes prison. The production announced Monday, August 22 in the evening that it was removing “without delay the ‘Kohlanness’ video” in the prison of Val-de-Marne. “The trust we placed in the penitentiary center of Fresnes as well as in the Ministry of Justice has been broken”details a communicated on Twitter, the production having learned that one of the detainees taking part in an ordeal had “a heavy criminal record”. Earlier in the evening, the organizer had recognized on CNews “a controversial act”but wanted to show “a moment of humanity”.
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“However, we have repeatedly stipulated our conditions, namely: no penalty resulting from an attack on the physical and / or moral integrity of a person”writes the production. Yet, according to Opinionone of the prisoners who participated in the program “was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment for rape by the Val-de-Marne Assize Court in February 2021”.
His criminal record, says the daily, also mentions “many cases of theft including violence with a weapon, several judgments for drug trafficking. And an escape in 2018 while the condemned was placed under an electronic bracelet. Not to mention various incidents in detention”. This 31-year-old detainee would have participated in the tug-of-war test, the daily specifies. Called to react, the Chancellery assured that “the investigation will give the elements”without confirming or denying the daily information.
“If at a single moment we had known of the profile of the prisoner selected by the prison administration, the video would never have been shot and even less broadcast. (…) This type of profile obviously goes against the values that we advocate”continue the organizers who demand “that the promise of donation made by the penitentiary center of Fresnes be entirely donated to an association for the assistance of victims”.