“ I can’t stay silent another second, the safety of women working in the comedy industry is at stake.” On January 12th the Belgian comedian Florence Mendez revealed, in a post on Instagram that was later deleted, that he had received testimony from four women, who accused the French cabaret artist Seb Mellia of sexual violence.
Reports extracted with “insistence”
«We’re talking about a consensual, but brutal relationship. Another describes being pinned against a wall and forcefully kissed. The last two describe forced sexual intercourse, including sodomy, with the condom removed during the act without their consent.he explained, insisting that these four women do not know each other.
The day after this publication, he received new testimonies, about twenty in total. “ Two that show that people in the community knew who he was. Two talking about sexual harassment. Five who talk about forcing, that is, very heavy insistence on having a relationship. Four who talk about sexual violence. Five talking about rape “, he wrote in another Instagram post, also deleted, where we were able to read the testimonies of the victims.
Seb Mellia denies the facts
For his part, Seb Mellia denies it” all rape charges “. On Monday 22 January he took to his Instagram account denouncing a “cabal” that “has reached its limits”. My silence is not a confession. It took me a while to react because I was overwhelmed by what was happening to me, shocked and also devastated. (…) This manhunt under the cover of anonymity prevents me from defending myself fairly “, he writes. He says he wants to go to court.
The same day, while Florence Mendez was interviewed by the Belgian channel RTL informationclaimed to have ” received again yesterday » testimonies against Seb Mellia. She indicated that some women had filed complaints against the comedian or were planning to do so.
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