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A 25-year-old man, filmed in the middle of the night in a Parisian street, was sentenced to six months in prison today for "aggravated violence," according to French media reports.
The man was sentenced to pay $ 2,300 in damages for attacking 22-year-old engineering student Marie Laguerre, who was sentenced to six months in prison, according to reports.
The person arrested in August, identified by the French media only as Firas M., is also seen today ordered by a Paris court to take a course on gender-based violence.
"This is the most satisfying part of the verdict for me," Laguerre told a crowd of reporters outside the court during an exchange broadcast on the French television channel LCI.
Laguerre said that she thought the verdict was "balanced".
In order to highlight sexual harassment on the street, LaGuerre posted on Facebook last July a video showing that she had been hit in the face by a man in front of a Parisian cafe.
The video went viral and forced local authorities to investigate.
"Last night, when I was going home to Paris, I passed a man who sexually / verbally harassed me," wrote Laguerre in a message at the time.
"He was not the first and I can not agree to be humiliated like that, so I replied" shut up ". He then threw me an ashtray before rushing to hit me in the middle of the street. "
Marie Laguerre / Facebook
The images of the surveillance camera have become viral on social media.
Since then, Laguerre has launched a website called "We All Harassment", encouraging women to share their stories of street harassment online. The term translated in English by "We are all harassed".
The Paris court today sentenced Firas M. for "aggravated violence," but felt that there was not enough evidence to convict him for sexual harassment, according to the French newspaper Le World.
Just days after the incident, French lawmakers approved a new bill banning cat calls, allowing fines of up to hundreds of dollars for street stalkers. The new law could not be applied in this case, the incident having taken place before the adoption of the bill.
"Few people can have their harasser brought to justice. Whenever we denounce these behaviors, it is a progress, "said Laguerre to the World.
