Squeezy and Cyprien are called in by the police to investigate the corruption of minors targeting Norman

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Norman Thaphod and BalanceTonYouTubeur’s case takes a new turn

In August 2018, the social network Twitter saw the emergence of the hashtag BalanceYouTuber. Over the course of hours, the phenomenon continued to grow as many testimonies poured in. Among the names that come up a lot, we find that of one of the platform’s YouTube stars: Norman Tafoud, pseudonym Norman Vette des Videos. What some considered, at the time, to be a witch-hunt on social networks has taken on a whole new dimension, two years later, prompting justice to take a greater interest in this sordid story. So in 2020, Maggie Desmarais takes the word on social networks, more specifically on Instagram, to tell her story with Norman Thavaud.

At the time of the first exchanges between the two, the young woman was only 17 years old while Norman was 29. The Canadian youth’s story caused an uproar that drew other alleged victims to him. Respond and prove the accusations made by Maggie Desmarais. Of the thirty testimonies collected, five will be reported to the courts, which will entrust the case to the Minors Protection Task Force (BPM). Thus Norman Thaphod was deemed innocent at this stage of the investigation, He was arrested and questioned by investigators on Mondayaccording to the newspaper Release In his article on Dec. 5. During the hours that followed, other media outlets began their investigation, in particular TF1 who managed to make some discoveries about this interrogation.

Squeezie and Cyprien are tested as part of Norman’s investigation

in front of the investigators The videographer behind Norman Viet Des Videos contested the young woman’s accusationsconsidering himself weakened with the latter’s story. As the TF1 article points out, Norman Thaphod defended himself with the following observations: “ It always kept me busy. She says she doesn’t want to ruin my life, but she has been doing it every week for three years now “. As for the issue of the age difference, YouTube confirmed that it was not aware of it at the time of the facts.which I currently earn Death threats, hordes of insults, and cyberbullying .” Today, I know she was 17 and I was 29 (…) everything she does against me is very organized He stated to the investigators.

To verify information from this first encounter with Norman Thaphod, BPM investigators were keen to hear from two other YouTubers relatively close to the star, Cyprien Iov and Lucas Hauchard. (known as Squeezie). The latter had already alerted netizens on social networks in 2018, without naming any names, about the problematic behavior of some content creators. Thus, as TF1 reported after its investigation, Squeezie was heard last June while Cyprien presented himself to investigators a few weeks later, in September. However, nothing is known about their respective statements. Currently, Norman Thaphod’s confinement ended on Tuesday evening, without trial, while the investigation continues.