The handrail was filed five days following the opening by the Lille prosecutor’s office of a preliminary investigation targeting Adrien Quatennens, deputy of La France insoumise (LFI), for acts of domestic violence. His wife, Céline Quatennens, went to a police station in Lille on Saturday September 24 to report a large number of text messages received from her husband, revealed on Saturday 1is october franceinfoinformation later confirmed by The Parisian.
The MP’s lawyer, Jade Dousselin, told these two media that the new handrail “limits itself to evoking SMS sent by my client in the context of their separation and which it has been confirmed that they do not contain any message of a malicious or threatening nature”.
These revelations come as Adrien Quatennens was heard on Monday, September 26, as part of an open hearing at the Lille police station in connection with the investigation into domestic violence opened on September 19 by the Lille prosecutor’s office, following a first report filed by his wife.
“As we had strongly wished, my client was able to express himself within the framework of the ongoing preliminary investigation in order to restore a certain number of truths and bring enlightening elements to the file”had then confirmed Me Dousselin, who claims that justice can henceforth “to continue its work while respecting the secrecy of the investigation”.
Since the revelation of the first handrail filed by his wife in the columns of the chained duck, Mr. Quatennens withdrew from his function as coordinator of La France insoumise, acknowledging violence once morest his wife in a press release posted on Twitter. In particular, he admitted to having “gave a slap”there is « un an », “in a context of extreme tension and mutual aggressiveness”claiming to have “deeply regretted this gesture”.
The case fueled a strong controversy, even within LFI itself. Jean-Luc Mélenchon and the deputy Manuel Bompard have drawn the wrath, in particular, of feminist circles for positions accused of relativizing domestic violence, which they have both defended.
The World with AFP