Quatennens case: deputy targeted by a new current hand deposited by his wife

According to information from “Franceinfo” and “Parisien”, Céline Quatennens went on September 24 in a Lille police station to report SMS sent by her husband.

Le Monde with AFP

The handrail was deposited five days after the opening by the Lille prosecution of a preliminary investigation targeting Adrien Quatennens, deputy of rebellious France (LFI), for acts of domestic violence. His wife, Céline Quatennens, went to a Lille police station on Saturday, September 24 to report a large number of SMS received from her husband, revealed on Saturday 1 October franceinfo , information confirmed in a second step by the Parisian .

The deputy lawyer, Jade Dousselin, told these two media that the new current hand “is limited to evoking sms transmitted by my client in the context of their separation and which has been confirmed that they do not contain no messages of a malicious or threatening nature “.

These revelations intervene while Adrien Quatennens was heard, Monday, September 26, as part of a free hearing at the Lille police station in connection with the investigation for domestic violence opened on September 19 by the Lille prosecutor’s office, After a first report filed by his wife.

“As we strongly wanted, my client was able to express themselves in the context of the current preliminary survey in order to restore a certain number of truths and bring enlightening elements to the file”, then confirmed M e Dousselin, who claims that justice can now “continue his work while respecting the secrecy of the investigation”.

Since the revelation of the first current hand deposited by his wife in the columns of the Duck chained, Mr. Quatennens set back from his function of coordinator of rebellious France, recognizing violence against his wife in a press release Posted on Twitter. He notably admitted to him “gave him a slap”, “a year”, “in a context of extreme tension and mutual aggressiveness”, claiming to have “deeply regretted this gesture”.

The case has fueled a strong controversy, even for LFI. Jean-Luc Mélenchon and the deputy Manuel Bompard attracted anger, in particular, of feminist circles for positions accused of putting the domestic violence into perspective, which they both defended.

/Media reports.