Tuesday evening, November 19, 2024, the Nid association, in partnership with Polymnia (start-up for the development of oratory arts) organized, Espace Jacques-Villeret, a fictitious reconstruction of an assize court hearing. Objective: to bring the public to the heart of the judicial system to reveal the reality of prostitution of minors, the consequences for the victims and the strategy of sexual exploiters tried for pimping. And also to provide understanding tools in order to better identify, support and guide victims.
“For a long time, we have been following street prostitution, and now, especially prostitution through internet networksexplains Pierre Mabire, departmental delegate of Le Nid. Social workers send us the people they have identified, and we intervene in collaboration with the establishments. Prostitution of minors is becoming a national phenomenon that is increasingly taken into account. »
Gabriel Gorce is co-founder of Polymnia, based in Paris, founded in 2018, which has three employees and intermittent entertainment workers: “Our principles of activity are training in public speaking and the debates that we host with the presence of institutions and associations, like this evening. We set up, wrote and staged this trial in partnership with the Nid. »
From reconstruction to verdict
For fifty minutes, the public attended this reconstruction featuring a pimp, a prostitute client and a young victim. The problem of the phenomenon was addressed, thanks to the reading of the facts, the indictments, charges, pleadings. Five people from the audience, drawn by lot by the president, were part of the jurors alongside the court magistrates, until rendering the verdict.
A very rich and informative time for discussion took place in the second part, with the participation, among others, of Catherine Sorita-Minard (public prosecutor), the actors, Elyette Peyrous and Aurélie Tulasne (social assistance to childhood), Marie Roussel (delegate for women's rights). Among the many subjects covered: genesis of the project, the interventions of the Nid, strategies used to make victims truly feel like victims, estimation of the number of minor victims, their care, etc.
