Russian artist Piotr Pavlensky in his attorney's office in Paris on February 14, 2020, who announced he had released the two porn videos attributed to Benjamin Griveaux. - AFP

He is the one who claims the broadcasting of the intimate video of Benjamin Griveaux. Russian artist Piotr Pavlenski was taken into police custody this Saturday as part of an investigation into violence committed on the evening of December 31, we learned from the Paris prosecutor's office.

This political refugee in France was targeted for several weeks by this investigation, opened for "willful violence with a weapon": he was arrested and placed in police custody as part of this procedure, added the prosecution, confirming information from BFMTV . This investigation is unrelated to the video at the heart of the scandal that caused the withdrawal, on Friday, of Benjamin Griveaux from the race for mayor of Paris.

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