Overview
- Julie Zitouni, stripped of the Miss Provence title on December 9 after a backstage video showed insults toward finalists, is preparing legal action.
- Her lawyer says a direct criminal citation for defamation will target influencer Aqababe over contested claims about drug use and Top 12 selection.
- A separate complaint contre X is being readied to identify those behind violent online harassment, including insults, threats and calls for rape.
- Zitouni has apologized for what she called a bad joke and says she has faced tens of thousands of hostile messages since the video circulated.
- The Miss France organization, in a statement signed by Frédéric Gilbert, condemns the wave of hatred against Zitouni and Miss Aquitaine and urges respect for the contestants.