Cyberbullying towards the singer Eddy de Pretto: begin of the trial in Paris of 17 defendants

The trial of seventeen folks, tried for aggravated on-line harassment towards singer Eddy de Pretto, opened on Monday earlier than the Paris Prison Courtroom. Aged 20 to 26, the younger defendants, arrested throughout France, are despatched again to courtroom for the hateful and homophobic cyberbullying of the singer, who was current within the entrance row on the listening to.

This wave of hatred swept following a live performance he had given on the Saint-Eustache church in Paris. Invited to carry out as a part of the “Qui va piano va sano” pageant, Eddy de Pretto had carried out his piece “À quoi bon” evoking the difficulties of reconciling his homosexuality and faith.

“I believe I am not able to obey your Bible (…) I do know what you want, I believe I have never learn the correct books / However you’ll inform me no, it is an excessive amount of, you are not wholesome sufficient/ To return into your ranks, it’s a must to have completed virtually nothing, “sung Eddy de Pretto on the time.

On the finish of his efficiency, he had obtained almost 3,000 messages of insults and demise threats on social networks, as confirmed on the listening to by his lawyer Me Nicolas Verly.

“You gigantic faggot”, “we are going to discover you to your lack of respect, son of a bitch”, “die in hell soiled canine”, “I’m going to rape you with a brush in a mosque”, for instance, had written web customers , in accordance with screenshots posted on the singer’s Instagram account.

Hate messages that prompted him to file a grievance, triggering an investigation opened by the Nationwide Pole for the Battle towards On-line Hate of the Paris Public Prosecutor’s Workplace.

The defendants (twelve current, 5 absent) can be judged on the counts of on-line harassment, with complete incapacity for work for greater than eight days, and on-line harassment with ITT for greater than eight days dedicated due to the sexual orientation of the sufferer. The trial is because of final till Friday.