Pimping: a former reality TV candidate 'Les Anges' arrested in Essonne – LINFO.re

Placed in police custody

Quentin R.former candidate of reality TV in the show “The Angels“, was arrested at his home in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (Essonne) with his partner Marika N., Monday November 4. As recounted The Parisianthe couple, involved in a case of pimping aggravated by an organized gang, was placed in police custody.
Investigators received anonymous information indicating that they were attracting women from South America, already present in France or arriving with their help, to encourage them to engage in prostitution.

Women regularly prostituted themselves

The first elements of the investigation revealed that Quentin R. allegedly used his participation on the show to gain the trust of women. Two of them were under the guardianship of the couple and regularly prostituted themselves in apartments, rented on Booking or Airbnb by Quentin R. and Marika N.. Furthermore, the couple would have managed around twenty prostitution advertisements on the site Sexmodel. The police managed to link these advertisements to the IP addresses of the suspects' homes.

Other investigations

The police also examined the bank accounts of the suspects and noted significant inflows of money from South American women. Some of them are even known to the police as being victims of prostitution.
The police subsequently placed a wiretap on the couple. Quentin R. received a call from a man asking “how many Brazilian women he had available with a residence permit“. The ex-reality TV candidate replied that he “had around ten, but he had to find out about visas“.
Public prosecutor Grégoire Dulin confirmed the opening of a preliminary investigation by the Evry public prosecutor's office.
Note that Quentin R. and Marika N., both aged 29, are already known to the police and justice services.

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