Griveaux case: “It’s a trial, not a show”, six months in prison required against Piotr Pavlenski

2023-06-28 22:14:55

They appear a good hour late, holding hands. Him all dressed in black, emaciated face and close-cropped hair. She in a sparkling dress with blue sequins, her long hair falling over her loins. A slight smile on her lips, she shows off the novel she has just published, “Love”, glued to her bodice. Tried this Wednesday in Paris for invasion of privacy and dissemination of sexual images, i.e. intimate videos that shattered the political career of macronist Benjamin Griveaux three years ago, Russian artist Piotr Pavlenski, 39, and his companion Alexandra de Taddeo, 32, is a full house. Curious, fans and media fill the benches of the 17th room, craning their necks to better scrutinize them.