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A man was sentenced to six months in prison for hitting a woman in Paris while she had asked him to shut up after having sexually harassed her, CNN spokeswoman Thursday told CNN on Thursday. Paris.
The sentence also included a six-month suspended sentence. The man was not appointed by the prosecutor.
A closed-circuit television sequence showing the moment when the man hit Marie Laguerre on July 24 became viral after sharing it on his Facebook page, sparking a national discussion about the harassment that women face.
Laguerre said she was returning home when a man in the street started whistling and making "very degrading and humiliating" noises.
"It raged me and I told him to shut up," Laguerre told CNN in August. "I did not think he'd hear me, but he did, he really went mad and then he threw me an ashtray." After that, I l 'l m m,,,,,,,,, I insulted and after that, he rushed to hit me.
The meeting lasts a few seconds. In the video, we can see the man who passes in front of a café terrace, where he takes an ashtray on a table and throws it in his direction. He then finds himself face to face with Laguerre and strikes him before moving away quickly when witnesses stand up to confront him.
Police arrested him in August.
"I took the shot with the utmost pride, because I did not want to show him any sign of weakness or sign that he was really going to belittle me," Laguerre said.
After the video was posted, Laguerre said she had received hundreds of messages from women about their experiences of harassment and men who told her that they did not realize the situation was so bad.
She said, "It was powerful to read, because it gave me hope that with this video, men now realize that it is a very bad situation when we are on the street. We do not feel safe. "
Laguerre is said to be grateful that the attack was filmed.
"It's useful for the case, but more importantly, it really raises awareness of the seriousness of the situation that every woman faces."
"This video shocked a lot of people because they could really see what could happen to women when she said no," said Laguerre. "They can also see that it is not a question of seduction, but of domination, but also to raise awareness of the need to listen to women because they have been talking about this issue for years."
A survey conducted in 2015 by the French Institute of Demographic Studies revealed that 20% of women surveyed said they had received wolf whistles, 8% of insults and 3% of follow-ups in public spaces during from one year. According to a survey of 27,000 people, 1.3% of women reported physical violence.
In July, the French National Assembly passed a law prohibiting sexist or sexist statements "degrading, humiliating, intimidating, hostile or offensive". Public harassment could justify heavy and immediate fines of EUR 90 to EUR 750. $ 863).
The first man to be prosecuted under the anti-appeal law was fined 300 euros ($ 345) in September for sexually assaulting a woman on a bus near Paris.
