Miss France 2016 filed a complaint against her former boyfriend last September. The hearing, which took place on Wednesday November 6, was held behind closed doors.
This Wednesday, November 6, 2024, Bruno Pelat was tried at the Paris Criminal Court. Last September, Iris Mittenaere who was his partner for several months, had filed a complaint for domestic violence.
The 22-year-old young man allegedly committed violence between June 12 and September 24, 2024, which did not result in any incapacity for work on Miss France 2016. hitting her, banging her head against the wall, pulling her arm and threatening to blow up her contracts and have her father fired », announced the judge at the start of the hearing. The son of real estate developer Olivier Pelat also allegedly called the complainant “ bitch “, of ” big shit “, of ” t'it follows » et « you are stupid ».
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He is also accused of having, on September 25, illegally used cannabis. At the request of Me Bruézière, Iris Mittenaere's lawyer, the president agreed that the hearing be held behind closed doors so that the complainant's speech could be as free as possible.
After many hours, the verdict was finally delivered. Bruno Pelat was sentenced to one year's imprisonment, including six months' suspended sentence and six months' probation. He was also banned for two years from having contact with the victim and from coming to her home. He also has an obligation of care, explains Me Bruézière.
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Furthermore, Bruno Pelat benefited from a three-month probationary suspension in the context of another conviction for acts of violence which was revoked. He will therefore have to serve the six months and the three months of revocation raising his sentence to nine months in prison which will be carried out in the form of detention at his home with a bracelet. The accused will also have to pay 2000 euros in damages which will be donated to an association.
Bruno Pelat had already been sentenced in June 2022 for violence and death threats against his father, then for violence against another partner in April 2023.
Unknown to the general public, Bruno Pelat, born December 28, 2001, is the son of Olivier Pelat, real estate developer, founder of the Euroequipments group. Godson of Liliane Bettencourt, he had been her tutor in legal affairs. At the head of a fortune estimated at 1.6 billion euros, the latter is, according to a ranking published last July by the magazine Challengein 78th place in the 500 professional fortunes of France. Bruno Pelat is also the grandson of the politician Roger-Patrice Pelat, a close friend of François Mitterrand. It appears he works in the family business.
