Illan Castronovo and Julien Bert fight back. The two candidates seen on reality shows The Angels, the princes of love Where The Villa of Broken Hearts, each one expressed themselves on social networks, the day after the announcement of the opening of a judicial investigation in May 2022 after two complaints against X for violations that occurred in 2018.
According to elements of the complaints consulted by AFP, the two young women, then 18 and 20 years old, were participating in an evening at a nightclub in Fougères-sur-Bièvres (Loir-et-Cher) when they disappeared from sight after drinking a drink offered by Illan Castronovo.
The younger of the two women said she was awakened by the light of a phone being pointed in her direction, held by another reality TV personality, Julien Bert. According to the complaint, she then had her pants down with her back to Mr. Castronovo, who also had his pants down.
many bruises
The second young woman said that she came down from the shelters of the establishment without any memory, after a moment with MM. Bert and Castronovo. Her body then presented many bruises and she was missing the sanitary tampon.
The Blois prosecutor told AFP that she had detained an investigating judge on her introductory charge.
“I have no complaints against me,” says Julien Bert in a story posted on Instagram this Friday, “I pay attention to women, especially the women around me, and I don’t disrespect them,” he says again.
He refers to the Mediapart article, published last May, recounting the case and retransmitting his testimony, as well as that of the two young women. Thus, he had confided at the time to the media “having spent very little time with Illan Castronovo” that night and having turned off his camera after realizing that he was “interrupting something.” He added that he didn’t know “if they were having sex because they were half dressed.”
“Nobody was on drugs”
Illan Castronovo also posted a testimonial video on Instagram, explaining that “there was never anyone who was on drugs or whatever.”
“You have just published a false story, which already came out eight months ago,” he says again. Julien knows it very well. It is that with the litigation that we both have, he tries to get out of the story and if in the process he can push me a little …
“That night, I remember very well, I don’t drink alcohol, I remember everything I do. And he [Julien Bert] He remembers it very well, he had filmed it. This story that has been told to so many candidates tonight was very funny. Nobody was forced or drugged, Julien knows that very well.”
Accused by at least five reality TV candidates
Illan Castronovo has already been accused multiple times, including of sexual assault and harassment, by at least five other reality show candidates.
In Nice, a preliminary investigation was opened in December 2021 following a report by a former candidate who, according to his lawyer, accuses Illan Castronovo “of rape and sexual assault” against a third party.
Source: BFM TV
