This Friday, Tony Peillon, a 29-year-old man, will appear in court in Albi (Tarn). Six victims will testify against him.
This Friday in Albi (Tarn), a 29-year-old man will be tried before the criminal court until January 29. Tony Peillon, a repeat scammer, is accused of rape by five women and sexual assault by a sixth. The quantity of false names he swallowed up, the numerous lives he invented for himself, from fake motorcycle rider to haute couture stylist, quickly earned him the nickname of the “Rocancourt du Tarn” by the local press. », in reference to Christophe Rocancourt, famous for having scammed French and American stars.
But these years of duplicity caught up with him when one of the victims of his scams, heard by investigators, revealed that he had also raped her. Since then, five other alleged victims of rape or sexual assault have been identified. The acts were allegedly committed between the end of 2015 and the beginning of 2021, in Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine), Albi (Tarn) and Narbonne (Aude). These women “were fooled by the different stories that Mr. Peillon had invented”Quentin Blanchet Magon, lawyer for two victims, told AFP. He allegedly stole money from them, and even a dog for one of them. Then, in addition to having scammed them, “took advantage of them”. Tony Peillon faces up to 15 years of criminal imprisonment.
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Sleeping with the victims
The testimonies of the alleged victims before the investigators suggest very similar situations: the accused would have found a way to sleep with them or in the same room, claiming for example the late hour or even the fact of being homeless, before take action. “All report […] woke up in a daze and discovered that he was carrying out penetration or sexual assault”describes Me Blanchet Magon. One of the victims indicates having had a non-consensual relationship imposed on them. A month later, another realizes she is pregnant and has to abort.
Faced with suspicions that they may have been drugged, toxicological analyzes did not detect GHB, the “rapist drug”, in their system. Tony Peillon claims to be innocent. “He does not deny having known most of the victims, moreover, for the majority, he does not deny the existence of (sexual) relations either, but which are consensual”one of his two lawyers, Baptiste Bourqueney, told AFP. During the investigation, the young man alleged several times that the alleged victims, furious that he had cheated them, had ganged up against him to invent false accusations. An explanation that the investigations were unable to corroborate, according to court documents consulted by AFP.
