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Stéphane Plaza Faces Renewed Testimony in Appeal Over Alleged Domestic Violence

The complainant's detailed account has put the legal question of whether a contested April 2022 act was accidental or willful at the center of the retrial and could shape the final ruling.

Ce sont précisément les infidélités de Stéphane Plaza qui sont la cause de tous ses problèmes. [MEHDI FEDOUACH / AFP]
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Stéphane Plaza arrive avec ses avocats pour son procès en appel pour violences conjugales, le 26 juin 2026 à Paris
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Overview

  • The appeal hearing resumed with testimony from Plaza’s former partner, who described years of physical and psychological abuse and said she feared for her life during an April 25, 2022 episode.
  • Plaza again denied being a violent man, acknowledged chronic infidelity and told the court the April 2022 episode was an involuntary or accidental gesture rather than an intentional assault.
  • Prosecutors told the court that the same act legally amounts to voluntary violence and could have caused serious injury, while Plaza’s new lawyers argued it was a poorly controlled, unintentional movement.
  • The complainant testified that Plaza tried to intimidate her by saying he was wealthy enough to hire many lawyers if she filed a complaint, and a message from Plaza mocking her injury was read aloud in court.
  • The appeal follows Plaza’s February 2025 conviction and suspended one‑year sentence that led M6 to pull his programs, and the court will hear requisitions and final pleas later this week.