The group specialized in media and online content Webedia announced “the suspension of its collaboration with the youtuber Norman Thavaud” after the announcement of the cameraman’s arrest, as part of an investigation by the Violation and Corruption Brigade for the Protection of Minors.
Historical partner of Norman Thavaud, Webedia has spent several years representing many stars of social networks such as Cyprien or Natoo. Others, like Squeezie, Michou or the McFly and Carlito duo left the group recently.
Norman Thavaud, who has 12 million YouTube subscribers, was taken into police custody Monday morning at the child protection brigade in Paris, BFMTV.com learned, confirming information from Release. Six women have so far filed a complaint.
The first of them, Maggie Desmarais, filed her complaint in the summer of 2020, for events that occurred in 2018. At that time, the young Quebecer was only 16 years old. She claims that the internet star used her status and notoriety to take advantage of her. Last year, Maggie Desmarais explained that the particular cameraman asked her via Snapchat for nude photos and videos of her.
These revelations followed the #BalanceTonYoutubeur movement, started by Lucas Auchard, known under the pseudonym Squeezie. Through a tweet published in August 2018, he targeted content creators by taking advantage of “the psychological vulnerability of young subscribers to obtain sex.”
Source: BFM TV
