Overview

• A short video from the Feria de Dax appears to show the former France international lifting influencer Charline Pradeau’s skirt as she danced on a bar in mid-August.
• Pradeau filed a complaint for sexist behaviour, and the Dax prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation into her allegation.
• Dourthe has lodged a defamation, or malicious denunciation, complaint, arguing the online post distorted context and harmed his reputation.
• Through his lawyer, Dourthe acknowledges he should not have touched the skirt and says he immediately apologized, but he denies any sexist intent.
• Pradeau’s lawyer calls the countersuit “desperate and grotesque,” says the video is unaltered, and the influencer reports experiencing online harassment since posting it.