On September 19, we will know the decision of the Lyon court which examined on Tuesday two tweets from Damien Rieu, an extreme right-wing activist, who targeted Karim Benzema. The prosecution decided to hit the wallet.
In October and November 2020, via two messages on Twitter, Damien Rieu, who presents himself as ” whistleblower and a member of Eric Zemmour’s party, drew a parallel between Islamist fighters and Karim Benzema. A frontal attack using photos. This earned him a complaint from the French striker for public defamation. On Tuesday, the case went before the Lyon court, which reserved its decision until September 19. However, the prosecution demanded a fine of 10,000 euros against Damien Rieu. “ The amalgamation is not only defamatory but it is despicable and grotesque (…) It constitutes an insult to those who fight against Islamist terrorism, and to those who have suffered from it in their flesh “Launched the Prosecutor to the far-right activist.
Damien Rieu feels the condemnation coming
Everything was planned 🐅 pic.twitter.com/OYzNq1n7a3
— Karim Benzema (@Benzema) June 19, 2023
On leaving the court, Damien Rieu said he was shocked by the words of Karim Benzema’s lawyer and found ” considers it particularly dependent “. Recalling that he had often been convicted at first instance and had regularly won on appeal, the unsuccessful candidate for the 2022 legislative elections however launched an appeal for donations, the possible fine and legal costs having a financial cost. On the side of Karim Benzema, no reaction via social networks, the Ballon d’Or 2022, transferred a few weeks ago from Real Madrid to Saudi Arabia, having left it to his lawyer to make his voice heard in the court of Lyon . ” We have the right to make fun of Karim Benzema, but to associate him with a terrorist, that, we have no right “, had warned, facing the judge, Maître Sylvain Cormier, lawyer for Karim Benzema.
