Piotr Pavlenski taken into custody in an investigation into violence

Russian performance artist Piotr Pavlenski was taken into custody in an investigation into violence on February 15. Anya Stroganova / RFI

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Piotr Pavlenski, the Russian activist behind the dissemination of sexual images that led to the withdrawal from the municipal elections of Benjamin Griveaux, was arrested on February 15 in Paris. He has been wanted by the police since December 31, 2019.

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The arrest of Piotr Pavlenski took place in the afternoon at the exit of a hotel in the XVI arrondissement of Paris. The facts that Piotr Pavlenski is accused of: a violent brawl on New Years Eve on December 31.

Since then, he has been placed in police custody by the BAC police, the anti-crime brigade, at the central police station of the 5th and 6th arrondissements of Paris for willful violence with a weapon which resulted in total incapacity for work of less than eight days. .

Pavlenski suspected in the Griveaux case

Nothing to do with the history that caused Benjamin Griveaux to withdraw from the mayor of Paris. However, Friday, the Russian artist had claimed the dissemination of the videos arguing that they showed the hypocrisy of the former presidential candidate. La République en Marche which, according to him, is campaigning by promoting traditional family values.

For his part, Benjamin Griveaux filed a complaint against X, on February 15, for invading the privacy of private life. An investigation was opened and the Brigade for the Suppression of Personal Crime, the BRDP, is in charge of the investigations.

On February 15, the Russian artist's companion was taken into police custody for "invasion of privacy" and "dissemination without sexual consent of the person" said the Paris parquet. She is suspected of having been the recipient of intimate videos that prompted Benjamin Griveaux to withdraw his candidacy for mayor of Paris.

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