Handrail against Adrien Quatennens: his wife denounced several episodes of violence

The MP’s wife filed a handrail after bouts of violence from her husband. She had asked that no prosecution be initiated. Respect for privacy on the one hand, the necessary fight against domestic violence on the other, and a real headache for La France insoumise (LFI). The Quatennens couple demanded, in a joint statement released on Tuesday, “respect” for their “private life” after the revelation in Le Canard enchaîné of the filing of a handrail by the wife of number 2 of the party led by Jean -Luc Mélenchon.”Following a dispute after announcing her desire to separate, Céline Quatennens filed a handrail, confirms the text. (…) We intend to protect our privacy and that of our family and ask for respect to find the path to appeasement”, can we read in the press release. According to information from BFMTV, the affair broke out when the Quatennens couple returned from vacation on August 29. While announcing her intention to want a divorce, Céline Quatennens was the target of a bout of violence on the part of her husband, deputy for the 1st district of the North and putative candidate for the succession of Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Other incidents But, on September 7, when filing her handbook at the central police station in Lille (Nord), which has a group dedicated to the fight against domestic violence, she also mentioned other specific facts. involving the chosen one from the North, in particular an episode which occurred on September 2, five days earlier. As well as other previous events. The Lille prosecutor’s office was quickly seized of the filing of this handrail, BFMTV learned from concordant sources. But, contacted this Tuesday afternoon, Carole Étienne, the prosecutor of the Republic of Lille, refused to comment. She also did not wish to confirm that her services had opened an investigation into these facts. An automatic investigation Monday evening, BFMTV was able to speak on the telephone with Céline Quatennens. The young woman then told us that she did not want any legal follow-up to the filing of her handrail, nor that the media echo it. A message that she repeated in her press release on Tuesday. the influence of her companion, when she wishes to withdraw her complaint. “Like millions of French people, we are currently experiencing a difficult divorce situation which we intend to achieve amicably”, write the spouses in their press release, while calling , therefore, respect for “their privacy”. But the case falls badly for La France Insoumise, a few weeks after the questioning of Éric Coquerel, the president of the Finance Committee of the National Assembly.By Vincent Vantighem with Anthony Audureau