With an open heart and without taboos, Firmine Richard delivered a rare testimony this Wednesday, January 8. The actress, known for her roles in Eight Women and in The First ANDtoileagreed to speak in the program Dans les Yeux d’Olivier broadcast on France 2 and dedicated to the families of criminals. Faced with Olivier Delacroix, she mentioned the tragic fate of Keneff, his son whom she raised alone. In 2021, then aged 39, Keneff Leauva fatally stabbed a YouTuber following a dispute on a social network. Two years later, he was sentenced to 19 years in prison for this irreparable act. Since then, Firmine Richard has visited him regularly.
Firmine Richard recounts the day when everything changed
If she continues to love and support her son, Firmine Richard remains marked by that night in April 2021. At that time, Keneff Leauva lived with his mother and spent hours in his room on a social network. The night of the tragedy, he will argue with another user. A virtual rival who will end up, through provocation, showing up at the foot of Firmine Richard’s apartment. “At six in the morning that day, I go downstairs, I open my door, I see my son coming. He walks in front of me. I see blood coming out of his mouth and I see the tip of a knife sticking out of his back pocket“painfully recounted the Guadeloupean actress. “The cops come knocking at my house, they open the door (…)
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