Recurrent scammer Tony Peillon appears before the courts for rapes

Six young women accuse of rape Tony Peillon, who disputes the accusations. The “Rocancourt du Tarn” is tried, from Friday, in Albi.

He had been nicknamed “The Rocancourt of Tarn”, in reference to the crook Christophe Rocancourt, who had dupped celebrities to the United States. Tony Peillon, 29, a recurrent scammer, is accused of rape by five women and sexual assaults by a sixth, which they had previously scammed. Challenges these accusations. It will be heard by the Tarn Criminal Court in Albi, from Friday, January 24.

It took the hearing of yet another victim of Tony Peillon the crook so that in the eyes of the investigators and the justice, another face: that of a possible sexual offender. That day, in front of the police, a young woman accused the man, not only of theft, but also of rape. According to investigations, other complainants come to light.

Their common point, according to the investigating judge: their fragility. The victims describe similar situations: Tony Peillon, whose experts describe the “Predatory character with a tendency to seduction and influence” The persuades to welcome him home.

The rape, some, like the clients of the lawyer Quentin Blanchet-Magon, do not notice it until later: “He has always been in manipulation. He arrives at the parents' home, with a bottle of champagne, very well dressed, a very nice outfit. He says he works in the fashion world. He makes a very good impression, Very polite, he speaks very well. “

“It was agreed that he would sleep on the sofa. In any case, not in the bed of the victims. And then finally, they systematically find him in their bed”

Quentin Blanchet-Magon, lawyer

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The lawyer continues: “One of the victims will discover Tony Peillon, in his bed in the early morning, penetrating her sexually. It is the sexual act imposed on him that awakens her.”

One question will necessarily be addressed during this trial which must last five days: that of a possible chemical submission, suspicion of the complainants that the investigation did not make it possible to corroborate. Tony Peillon faces up to 15 years of criminal imprisonment.