Artist Peter Pavlensky. File photoPARIS, Apr 22The Paris prosecutor's office has demanded that Russian action artist Pyotr Pavlensky and his girlfriend Alexandra de Taddeo stand trial in a case involving the distribution of intimate videos featuring politician Benjamin Griveaux, the Parisien newspaper reported. 
In France, the ex-lawyer Pavlensky was accused of rape «On March 29, the prosecutor's office of Paris presented its demand. The prosecution demands that the Russian artist Pyotr Pavlensky, who took responsibility for his act, and his girlfriend Alexandra de Taddeo, who, with for its part, claims that it was not aware of this initiative. The case concerns acts of infringement on privacy and the distribution of a document of a sexual nature without the consent of the person. The decision to conduct a trial is in the hands of the investigating judges, «the newspaper reports on Friday. Pavlensky on February 18 In 2020, charges were filed in a case of distribution of intimate videos with alleged former candidate for the post of mayor of Paris, Benjamin Griveaux. He was released and placed under judicial control. The same preventive measure was chosen for his girlfriend Alexandra de Taddeo, who also appears in the intimate video distribution case. After the distribution of intimate videos in mid-February, the candidate of the presidential party Forward the Republic withdrew from the election of the mayor of Paris. Griveaux filed a complaint for «interference with privacy.» Under French law, distributing a sexually explicit video without the author's permission can result in up to two years in prison and a fine. in the Griveaux case
