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The youtuber Norman Thavaud in custody for rape and corruption of minors

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Eva Deschamps / December 6, 2022

The Paris prosecutor’s office told AFP that “Norman” was placed in custody on Monday as part of a preliminary investigation entrusted to the Brigade for the Protection of Minors (BPM), confirming a report by Libération.
 
The prosecutor’s office said that the procedure, opened in January 2022, concerned “six complainants”.
 
According to the newspaper, five of them accuse Norman of rape, two were minors at the time of the facts.
 
The Webedia group (AlloCiné, PurePeople, 750g, Jeuxvideo.com …) announced on Twitter “the suspension of its collaboration” with Normand Thavaud.
 
He had become in 2015 a French leader of Youtube by buying Mixicom, an MCN (web channel network) that brings together famous comedians of the net, including Cyprien and Squeezie who share with him the podium of the most followed video producers in France.
 
In 2020, a Quebec fan, Maggie D., had publicly accused Norman of having manipulated her to obtain photos and videos of a sexual nature, when she was, according to her, 16 years old at the time. 
 
She said she had filed a complaint in Canada.
 
In a Quebec-French investigation published by the media Urbania in April 2021, other women had made comparable accusations against the youtuber for facts that would have occurred while some were still minors.
 
Interviewed by AFP, Maggie D. confirmed that she is currently in France to be confronted with Norman in front of investigators, as reported by Libération.
 
Norman is an old hand, having made his debut in 2011 on the platform. His videos, according to an official count, have been viewed more than 2.7 billion times.
 
Standard-bearer of a new generation of comedians born on social networks, this trained editor became known in the early 2010s with sequences inspired by his daily life (“Having a cat”, “The toilet”) or video games (“Luigi clash Mario”).
 
Passionate about stand-up, he went on stage for two solo shows between 2015 and 2020, in addition to appearances in movies (“My King”) and television (“Ten Percent”).
 
The entourage of the Youtubeur was not able to react immediately.
 
In 2018, the number one French youtuber, Squeezie (17.6 million subscribers) had denounced on Twitter “the YouTubers (including those who shout from the rooftops that they are feminists) who take advantage of the psychological vulnerability of young female subscribers to get sex”.  
 
His tweet had been enormously reposted as part of the #balancetonyoutubeur movement. Some testimonies had targeted Norman.
 
Another youtuber, Leo Grasset, specialist in popular science, is targeted by two preliminary investigations opened in 2022 in Paris and Lyon, concerning accusations of rape and sexual harassment.
 
The influencer responded to the accusations relayed by Mediapart in a video posted on his channel in mid-November.
 
I have a messy love life sometimes, and I also sometimes make jokes of big redneck but however the article draws a portrait of me that is dishonest; it builds a toxic character with insinuations and truncated quotes”, he says, disputing in particular having raped a young woman in 2016.

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Kenneth Mitchell (“Star Trek”, “Captain Marvel”) has died aged 49

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Eva Descamps / February 28, 2024

You’ve seen him in “Star Trek”, “NCIS”, “Grey’s Anatomy” for the series, “Captain Marvel”, “The Recruit”, “Home of the Giants” for the movies… Canadian actor Kenneth Mitchell passed away at the age of 49 this February 24, 2024.
 
“It is with heavy hearts that we announce the dec! s of Kenneth Alexander Mitchell, a beloved father, husband, brother, uncle, son and friend,” read a post on his Instagram account announcing the sad news.
 
In August 2018, Kenneth Mitchell was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He had been in a wheelchair since October 2019. By August 2021, he had lost the use of his voice due to the disease.
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Alexei Navalny’s body handed over to his mother, says Russian opposition leader’s team

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Sylvie Claire / February 28, 2024

 

Alexei Navalny’s body, which his relatives had been demanding for over a week, has been handed over to his mother, the Russian opposition leader’s spokeswoman said on Saturday.
  
In recent days, Alexeï Navalny’s team has regularly complained about not having access to the body of the deceased Russian opponent. His relatives had complained that investigators would spend at least 14 days carrying out an “expertise” on his remains before handing them over.
 
Navalny’s relatives accuse the Kremlin of killing him and trying to cover up his tracks. According to Navalny’s mother, Russia is trying to decompose the body so that it can no longer be examined. Last week, Alexei Navalny’s mother and lawyers were not allowed to enter the morgue.
 
Eight days after his death, Navalny’s body was returned to his mother. The Russian opponent’s spokeswoman, Kira Iarmich, said on X (ex-Twitter) that she did not yet know whether “the authorities will prevent (the funeral) from taking place as the family wishes and as Alexei deserves ».
 
Alexei Navalny was the most prominent opposition figure in Russia, where he gained widespread popularity, particularly among the younger generation, thanks to his in-depth investigations into corruption under Vladimir Putin’s regime
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Alain Dorval, the iconic French voice of Sylvester Stallone, has died aged 77.

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Eva Deschamps / February 16, 2024

 

Watching a Sylvester Stallone film in VF will never be the same again. Alain Dorval, the French actor who dubbed the American, died on Monday night, his family announced.
 
Alain Dorval had been battling cancer for several years, which finally claimed his life earlier this week at the Gustave Roussy hospital outside Paris.
 
He was best known as the French voice of Sylvester Stallone, but also distinguished himself as Tiger in the Fievel saga, and as Pat Hibulaire in the Disney universe.
 
Fans of the Rocky saga have been in mourning for several months. In October, actor Burt Young, who played Paulie, passed away. In early February, Carl Weathers, who played Apollo Creed, passed away.
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