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Well, not high PSL but still considered very attractive in France.
An investigation published this Thursday by Mediapart relays accusations of rape, sexual and psychological violence against the youtuber Leo Grasset, aka DirtyBiology. Specialist in the popularization of science, he has more than a million subscribers.
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Whereas it is supposed, one evening, to find her on Paris, the thirty-year-old joined her late in the evening and strongly alcoholic. "Angry", she repeats to him not to want to make love with him. In spite of everything, the youtuber ends up "[maintaining] her with his hands around [his] neck" and "[penetrates] her with very strong blows".
In the investigation of the online site, the youtuber tells the "state of shock" she endured after this event and its impact on her personal life. In addition, Mediapart describes how, with other youtubers in the field, Leo Grasset has worked to ruin her reputation. Presenting her as a "psychobitch", a "mytho" and a young woman "hardcore in love", he discredits her and slows down her professional ascension.
Another testimony mentions sexual violence, that of Marine Périn. During a sexual relationship initially chosen in 2018, "Marinette", her name on YouTube and Twitch, relates how Léo Grasset, who was then her partner, ignored her requests to stop in order to remove her menstrual cup. "Consent in the ass, for most people, it's a game. Finally you play to lose it, your consent," he wrote to her in messages viewed by Mediapart.
The rest of the stories collected by Mediapart emphasizes two mechanisms that would have been frequently put in place by the youtuber. And sources of psychological suffering for young women. The man seems, first of all, accustomed to very intense virtual relationships, based on the sending of very many messages in a very short time. a method of manipulation named "love bombing" and source of emotional dependence in the people it targets. Thus, with the site, Jeanne (first name changed) recalls: "It was very pernicious: there were times when he did not answer me during one week and then, about ten messages in one hour... It was always with his goodwill to him. I felt like I was at his disposal."
"Bag to foutre"
In addition to this "love bombing", some testimonies raise a mechanics of "hot cold" frequently set up by the thirty-year-old and painful for the young women. The word "hold" is repeated several times, as well as that of "state of shock". Manon Bril, a doctor of history and successful videographer with her YouTube channel "C'est une autre histoire", met Léo Grasset at his debut, in 2015. She then had 5,000 subscribers, he 300,000.
She describes a love relationship lived at a distance and marked by instability. In 2017, his mother became seriously ill and the youtuber said she was doing badly. While he had broken up with her, Leo Grasset then reappears but disappears "every time it got a little too much". So much so that the video artist regrets: "He kidnapped me emotionally". She enters depression in 2018, consuming anxiolytics and antidepressants. Léo Grasset, him, sees it from time to time, then disappears again.
In a final testimony, Mediapart also relays the word of Clothilde Chamussy, another youtuber, archaeologist by training and hosting the channel "Passé sauvage". In September 2018, she found Léo Grasset on the set of the webseries "Le Vortex", co-founded by the latter and co-produced by Arte. Describing a thirtysomething quickly establishing a sexualized climate in his entourage, she relays two insults that he would have addressed to her while they were alone: "Espèce de sac à foutre", then "espèce de gros sac à foutre".
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