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The television presenter is appearing in particular for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by a partner” between 2018 and 2022 against a former partner, Amandine. He faces ten years in prison and a fine of 150,000 euros.
Tried in Paris for violence against two former companions, the famous real estate agent Stéphane Plaza refuted the accusations at the bar, citing in particular “an unfortunate incident”: “I do not control my strength”. The television presenter is appearing in particular for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by a partner” between 2018 and 2022 against a former partner, Amandine. He faces ten years in prison and a fine of 150,000 euros. During the investigation, Amandine recounted having suffered four episodes of violence and humiliation.
Two dislocations and a bone tear
In the spring of 2022, she describes a scene where Stéphane Plaza twisted the fingers of one hand. An x-ray reveals two dislocations and a bone tear. She also assures that he “strangled” her with his forearm. After this episode, Stéphane Plaza sent him several messages in a tone that was sometimes defensive, sometimes sorry. “You push me to the limit, and I lose control, that’s the reality. The most violent man in the world. I kiss you tenderly,” he wrote to her in particular. “With this text, one might think that you admit to having committed violence,” the president pointed out to him during the hearing. “It was taken out of context,” he assures. “I take his hands and spread them, but I can’t control my strength because I’m dyspraxic and clumsy […] and I don’t see that she is in pain”, he insists, denying having strangled her. “There is a force that should not have been, it’s an unfortunate incident”, insists- he. “I have injured many people, even on film sets. I might have injured myself accidentally.”
“I brought you a woman, take her, it’s your gift”
Among the mistreatment denounced, Amandine described a stay in Morocco, where Stéphane Plaza, her companion and employer, allegedly humiliated her with a Moroccan personality by telling her: “I brought you a woman, I’m not kidding, take it, it’s your gift.” A “joke” sweeps Stéphane Plaza. “With hindsight and mentalities that have changed, maybe I wouldn’t do it again.” “I didn’t put her down, I took her everywhere!”, he continued. “For me, woman is the most beautiful thing.”
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“He oscillated: he took care of me, but that could change in 48 hours and everything collapsed,” testified Amandine, who continues to live in “fear”. On the duration of this relationship which lasted 5 years, she answers: “I was in love, I worked for him, we lived in his apartment. And there were better times. So I had difficulty leaving of all that.” Stéphane Plaza’s lawyers have included in the file intimate videos of Amandine, which she sent to him after their altercations. Proof, according to her defense, that she was not subjected to violence. The defense is making “revenge porn and it’s illegal,” said Amandine’s lawyer, Me Benjamin Chouai. The other ex, Paola, who accuses Stéphane Plaza of psychological violence, will be heard after Amandine. The two women were granted total incapacity for work (ITT) of more than eight days for this recurring violence.
