The ex-companion of Iris Mittenaere, Miss France and Miss Universe in 2016, was sentenced on the night of Wednesday 6 to Thursday 7 November to one year in prison including six months suspended, for domestic violence, indicated the lawyer of the young woman and the Paris prosecutor’s office, relayed by theAFP.
The trial for domestic violence of Bruno Pelat, companion of Iris Mittenaere, crowned Miss France and Miss Universe in 2016, opened Wednesday behind closed doors at the victim’s request, before the Paris Criminal Court. The 31-year-old woman, now an influencer and television host, with bobbed hair and a beige coat, arrived in the room accompanied by her family and her lawyer. Visibly very moved, she sat in the front row, curled up against a wall.
Blows, insults, threats…
Bruno Pelat, 22 years old, gray suit and hair combed back, took the stand to hear the facts he committed on the evening of September 25: having hit Iris Mittenaere, hitting her head against a wall , insulted her and threatened to blow up her contracts.
The accused should have been tried in immediate appearance on September 27 at the end of his custody, but the hearing was postponed at the request of the former Miss France, who claimed not to be “in psychological capacity” to come
Violence, “a usual recourse in the context of the relationships he maintains”
He had been placed under judicial supervision with an obligation to provide care, to live in a department other than the complainant and prohibited from entering into contact with Iris Mittenaere.
The young man had already been sentenced in June 2022 for violence and death threats against his father, then in April 2023 for violence against another partner.
Bruno Pelat a “a recourse to threats and violence which seems to be a habitual recourse in the context of the relationships he maintains with those around him”, the prosecutor estimated at the end of September before the trial was postponed.
The young man, who had been in a relationship with Iris Mittenaere for six months at the time of the events, had admitted to “impulsivity problem” and told “fear abandonment”.
