Overview
- Les Tricoteuses hystériques said it lodged an injure publique complaint in Paris on behalf of 343 plaintiffs, a symbolic nod to the 1971 Manifeste des 343.
- The filing cites Brigitte Macron’s recorded comment about protesters as “sales connes,” which surfaced in a video published by the people outlet Public.
- In a Brut interview, Macron said she was sorry if she hurt victims of sexual violence and asserted her right to speak in private, adding she would not have used those words publicly.
- Two feminist groups, 3Egales3 and Metoomedia, joined the action as public backlash and celebrity support for protesters grew using the hashtag #JeSuisUneSaleConne.
- The protesters had targeted comedian Ary Abittan’s show after a rape accusation that ended in a non-lieu later confirmed on appeal, a return to the stage Macron defended against what she called censorship of artists.