A sex scandal has brought an end to the campaign of a Paris mayoral candidate - unusual in a country with a reputation for shrugging over extramarital affairs of politicians. Why did he bow out? And why so quickly?
A sex scandal brought an end to the campaign of a Paris mayoral candidate on Friday, an unusual episode in a country with a reputation for shrugging over extramarital affairs and the private lives of its politicians.Benjamin Griveaux announced he was ending his campaign after the circulation of an undated video apparently depicting him masturbating - footage the politician allegedly recorded on his phone and sent to a woman who was not his wife.
Griveaux, 41, the French government's former spokesman, cited an attack on his privacy and his family. "No one should be subjected to such violence," he said in a recorded statement released on Friday. He is married with two children. "He's someone who is constantly leaning on family values, who says that he wants to be the mayor of families and always cites his wife and children as an example. But in fact [Griveaux] does just the opposite," Pavlensky toldPavlensky, who claimed asylum in France after being accused of sexual assault in Russia, also said on French television that this would not be his last attempt to embarrass a French politician.
"These messages and videos are nothing more than a clear invasion of privacy or revenge porn," Mediapart wrote. "In both cases, it's a criminal offence."
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