We were waiting for a routine Instagram story. Instead, it’s a bomb. Iris Mittenaere took everyone short this Thursday, June 12, revealing that she was making legal proceedings against the perpetrators of infidelity that has been circulating for several days. The former Miss France and Miss Univers 2016 is no longer content to ignore: she counterattack.
Faced with what she describes as “hatred campaign”, the former beauty good has published a long message in which she announces a Criminal complaint for defamation and cyberbullying incentiveas well as a emergency referral for privacy damage. A clear message: this time, she will not let anything go through.
Who aims to be Mittenaere and why she now retreates
For several days, accusations of infidelity towards Iris Mittenaere has been circulating on social networks. It all starts with Blogger Aqababewhich publishes alleged private exchanges between Iris and his ex-companion, Bruno Pelat. A video in which he would be seen by his side is then broadcast, accentuating speculation on a supposed double life.
But that’s not all. Valentin Lucasinfluencer and former Iris companion, as well as the humorist Paul Mirabelare also mentioned in the comments, which nourishes even more fantasies around the sentimental life of the old Miss. The rumor swells, until Diego El Glaouihis ex-fiancé, speaks.
In an Instagram story, he writes: while ensuring that he does not implicitly recognize that he was injured, thus confirming what many considered it as simple speculations. The post becomes viral. Iris Mittenaere then decides to get out of silence.
What the complaint of Iris Mittenaere contains
The old Miss decided to seize justice on two distinct levels. On the one hand, a criminal complaint was deposited with the public prosecutor of Paris. The charges are heavy: illegal disclosure of private correspondence,, defamation And harassment. On the other, his lawyers launched A summary procedure For privacy, in order to have the disputed contents discharged without its consent withdraw.
Iris Mittenaere specifies that this approach aims to put an end to the circulation of remarks and content that it judges it also denounces the use of social networks as a pressure tool, declaring in its publication:
In this message, she says she is not alone. Supported by those around her, she says she is “standing” and “fully committed” in her projects. The complaint is not solely aimed at defending her honor: she intends to send a clear signal to those who use the Internet as a machine to crush reputations.
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A turning point for the public image of media women
Iris Mittenaere is not the first French celebrity to pay the costs of private revelations spread to the chain on the networks. But by speaking and engaging in the judicial ground, it redraws the contours of a debate which has become central: How far can go media exposure of a public figure ?
She chooses not to answer on the substance of the accusations or confirm them, nor to deny them. Instead, she claims respect for your privacyAnd invites you to get out of digital voyeurism. This approach puts the right to image at the heart of public space, at a time when a viral video is sometimes more than a trial.
In an era when celebrity is as much as it is destroyed, this position marks a symbolic turning point. It is no longer the perfect image of Miss Universe which is expressed, but that of a determined woman not to be devoured alive by the pixels.
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