Paris (AFP)

The candidate of La République en Marche (LREM) for the mayor of Paris, Benjamin Griveaux, withdraws his candidacy in order to protect his loved ones after the broadcast of a video of a sexual nature, he announced Friday at AFP.

"A website and social media have relayed vile attacks that have compromised my privacy. My family does not deserve this. No one, deep down, should ever be subjected to such violence," he said in a statement. recorded early in the morning at AFP headquarters, in the presence of BFM Paris.

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