From 3 to six months suspended sentence in opposition to 17 cyberstalkers of singer Eddy de Pretto

Seventeen individuals have been tried for the cyberbullying of Eddy de Pretto, following one in all his performances in a church in June 2021. The judgment will probably be pronounced on December 12.

The Paris prosecutor’s workplace on Friday requested suspended sentences of three to 6 months in jail in opposition to seventeen individuals tried for aggravated on-line harassment in opposition to singer Eddy de Pretto.

The heaviest sentence, six months suspended jail sentence, was required in opposition to ten defendants for having despatched homophobic messages to the artist or absent throughout the hearings.

The prosecution requested three months suspended sentence in opposition to 4 defendants “having begun a starting of reflection on the acts dedicated” and 4 months for 3 “current (on the listening to) with out aggravation of the information”. The court docket reserved its choice on December 12.

Insults and dying threats

Invited to offer a live performance on June 17, 2021 on the Saint-Eustache Church in Paris as a part of a competition, Eddy de Pretto had interpreted his piece “À quoi bon”, evoking the difficulties in reconciling his homosexuality and his religion.

After his efficiency posted on Instagram, he obtained practically 3,000 messages of insults and dying threats, as his lawyer, Nicolas Verly, confirmed on the listening to on Monday.

“Provocation”, “spitting within the face” of “the historic faith of France”, the defendants aged 20 to 26 – who stated they barely knew Eddy de Pretto on the time of the occasions and for probably the most half claimed their Catholic religion – had expressed their indignation on Instagram, both in public remark below the publication of the singer or on to his consideration, in personal message.

“I used to be afraid to go away my home”

“You gigantic faggot”, “die in hell soiled canine”, “massive bag of shit to defile our faith”, proclaimed the messages. “I do not see what the issue is that I am a sodomite who sings in a church,” the singer had launched on Monday on the helm.

“I used to be very afraid to go away my home, sleep problems, (…) depressive problems, I couldn’t perceive this violence,” he stated.

In her indictment, the prosecutor described the messages addressed to Eddy de Pretto as “abuse of freedom of expression”.

The protection pleaded for acquittal

“You could possibly have written, the Catholic group is outraged, you might be doing this for the thrill, it is indecent, we’re going to implement the authorized means to reply to this blasphemy,” she identified to them.

The consultant of the prosecution additionally recalled that in France, “blasphemy and assaults on faith should not punishable by regulation”.

Protection legal professionals pleaded for launch, discount of sentences and even non-registration within the prison document, some questioning the veracity of a few of the 3,000 messages obtained by the artist, the standard of the “disappointing” investigation. or the substitute intelligence of Instagram.