The facts took place almost a year ago. But they will remain etched in the mind of this young woman for life. On April 29, 2022, after an evening spent in a disco, a 20-year-old woman was allegedly the victim of two consecutive rapes in an apartment in the Recouvrance district, in Brest (Finistère). She had filed a complaint after the fact, citing the probable presence of drugs in a drink. Worried not to see the investigation progress, the student from Lorient had given her chilling testimony to our colleagues from Telegram a fortnight ago. A media coverage that has obviously made it possible to advance his case.
Thursday evening, the public prosecutor of Brest announced the opening of a judicial investigation against two men aged 22 and 25. “The two men allegedly abused her in the apartment of one of them in turn,” said Camille Miansoni, who requested that the two men be placed under judicial supervision.
The student’s testimony published in The Telegram has unfortunately become too common. The young woman evokes an evening spent in a disco, glasses of alcohol offered by young men and then suddenly, nothing. Hyper violent headaches, memory lapses. When she regains consciousness, the young woman is naked and has to struggle and scream at a man who imposes penetration on her. A second rape will follow, perpetrated by the second defendant, who had first comforted the student.
The victim had filed a complaint the next day and taken all the necessary steps to attest to the violence suffered. Faced with the silence of investigators and justice, she ended up speaking, shocked by the murder of Héléna Cluyou and the insecure situation of women in Brest. “I even regret today having filed a complaint. Being on hold prevents me from turning the page, ”she confided to our colleagues.