Chantage à la sextape : un accusé "dépassé", incapable d'assumer sa sexualité
Described as a predator by the prosecution, a young lumberjack accused of blackmailing dozens of young men with intimate videos, some of whom were raped, spoke of his difficulties in accepting his homosexuality to try to explain his actions, Friday before the criminal court of Doubs.
At the time, the young man was becoming aware of his attraction to boys, but "accepting being homosexual was impossible in my family," explained Théo Denner, 25, on the fifth day of his trial, which is expected to last three weeks.
With a stocky build, thick torso and a boar tattoo on his arm, the young man admitted to creating the profile of Aurélie, a pretty blonde lumberjack, on social media in 2017.
"Approaching someone with a female profile was easier for me," he tried to explain. Then, "I was overwhelmed by the situation," he continued.
Like his grandfather and father before him, the young man is "a lumberjack, racist and homophobic", but he eventually came out, observes his lawyer Jules Briquet.
Certainly, but "there is no link between not accepting one's homosexuality and raping people," rebukes Attorney General Jérémy Lhadi.
Théo Denner is accused of rape, sexual assault, and invasion of privacy against 43 people aged 13 to 19, mainly boys, in the north of the Doubs department between 2018 and 2023. Six of them reported being raped.
The young man, who admits to all the charges against him, faces 20 years in prison.
Hidden behind the profile of Aurélie, he made contact with young men in her circle. Through conversations, he obtained intimate photos from them. "Aurélie" forced them to have sexual relations with Théo Denner, whom she also claimed was a victim of her blackmail, notably by threatening to release their images.
"Did you enjoy forcing these boys?" the magistrate asked him. Looking vaguely embarrassed, the young man, who said he didn't recognize himself in the word "predator," pursed his lips and stared at the ground without answering.
The presiding judge, Delphine Thibierge, emphasized the "crude and humiliating language" of the messages sent to his victims, some of whom were abused for nearly two years, and the "degrading positions" he sometimes forced on young men "tied up with a collar or chain." "They are in such despair that they are considering suicide," she noted.
"I realized during the proceedings that it had gone a bit too far. I reacted badly, I was too much in character as Aurélie," the accused, whose face was still baby-faced and framed by a brown beard, defended himself.
He said he "realized" the seriousness of his actions after his arrest. "I saw that I really hurt everyone. I'm ashamed. It won't undo what I did, but I hope they can rebuild their lives."
Among the victims, many are "devastated" and gripped by "shame", and very few have filed civil suits, the prosecution pointed out before the start of the trial.
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