The former Parisian journalist converted into an aikido teacher in Ariège will appear from this Monday before the Foix Assize Court for rape, acts of torture and barbarity against the daughters of his ex-partner.
According to France 3 Occitanie, the alleged facts took place from 2017. Jean-Philippe Desbordes, allegedly physically and psychologically abused his daughters-in-law under the cover of aikido therapy which he had self-proclaimed master. He is accused of having subjected three young women to physical and psychological torture for two years who believe they were under the influence. “Deprivation of care and sleep, hikes in the middle of the countryside, constant very intimate and daily humiliations,” lists the lawyer for the civil parties, Me Elodie Bayer, to our colleagues from France 3.
Beyond the acts of torture and barbarity of which he is accused, Jean-Philippe Desbordes described by the civil parties as a “perverse personality” is also on trial for the rape of the oldest daughter of his ex-partner who carried complaint in 2020. A fourth woman, one of his former students, also accused him of rape, according to La Dépêche du Midi.
His ex-partner tried for complicity in rape, acts of torture and barbarity
“My client believes that he helped his ex-partner with her children and that she is now trying to find in him some sort of person responsible for a series of misfortunes that befell them. As for the bullying and other punishments, he says it's just a feeling and that their mother was present and could have intervened at any time to stop him if she felt he was going too far,” explains the defense lawyer, Maître Nicolas Raynaud de Lage. His ex-partner, the mother of the alleged victims, is at his side in the dock. She is on trial for complicity in the affair. She appeared free.
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