Blackmail, influence, stealth: several women give their testimony about Norman Thavaud

“He knew how to do things right, say the right things, make you feel guilty and say “maybe it’s my fault, maybe it’s me who’s not normal”. »

There are five, including Maggie Desmarais, who had already testified openly for Urbania, who have delivered their story to the youtuber Le Roi des Rats who published a long video on Tuesday 6 December in the wake of the custody announcement. Thavaud, famous youtuber pioneer of the platform. He’s under investigation for rape and corruption of a minor. According to France Info, he was released after being confronted with four complainants. The investigation is continuing.

Norman Thavaud: What do the testimonials say?

They were collected by Le Roi des Rats, which already in 2019 had produced a report on some behaviors of youtubers towards their subscribers. Here he exchanged with several women who each evoke their meeting with Norman Thavaud, when some were minors. Several screenshots show exchanging sms and messages on Snapchat which they could have with the famous youtuber then in full glory.

Similarities in Norman Thavaud Testimonials

If the stories are different and take place in different temporalities, we note commonalities. Many of them tell how Norman Thavaud allegedly used blackmail to make them come to him (most often in a hotel room) or stay, but also to receive messages or photos of them naked. The pressures and guilt that the youtuber would have maintained are at the heart of each of the testimonies, so much so that the victims were often left alone with their doubts and their shame. Several claim that Norman Thavaud made remarks to them when they refused to send a photo of a sexual nature, or when they refused to have physical contact with him, accusing them of not being mature enough or grown up enough, or not loving him enough.

One of them recounts, for example, the reaction he would have had when she refused to give him oral sex (“You take me too much for a fool, but you don’t really love me”) and ended up giving in to her request. Subsequently, she claims that she was a victim of furtive, the practice of removing the condom without telling your partner during sex. Several witnesses speak of violent sexual relations and of a man who disregards consent during certain practices.

According to TF1which reports excerpts from the interrogations, Norman Thavaud denies the allegations of Maggie Desmarais arguing that the young “make a correction” about him and claims that she never asked him about the photos. We also learn that Squeezie and Cyprien Iov were heard as part of the investigation a few months ago.

Photo credit: Capture (Norman makes video)