Overview

• Footage from the Feria de Dax shows Charline Pradeau dancing on a bar when Richard Dourthe appears to lift the back of her miniskirt.
• Pradeau filed a complaint on August 20 alleging sexist behavior or sexual insult, according to prosecutors in Dax.
• Dourthe has launched a defamation or malicious denunciation complaint, with his lawyer saying he apologized but denying the gesture was a sexist attack.
• Prosecutors have opened an investigation as the clip draws wide attention on social media, with reports noting more than one million TikTok views.
• Pradeau says she has faced online harassment since posting the video and warns she will pursue legal action against those responsible.