Benjamin Dessange, heir to the family empire created by Jacques Dessange, died this Tuesday, November 5, 2024, according to information sent to AFP then confirmed by the Dessange International group. The son of the late hairdresser left the family business six years ago, after accusations of aggravated sexual harassment. He was 57 years old.
The Dessange family is in mourning. Benjamin Dessange, the son of the late hairdresser, died at the age of 57, this Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Information relayed by AFP then confirmed by the Dessange International group, which did not specify the circumstances of his disappearance and was content with a very brief press release. “The death occurred the day before yesterday, on the 5th November, the group said, specifying that Benjamin Dessangehad left the company in 2018 and was no longer part of it, neither as a shareholder nor as an employee“. If the name Dessange has become, over the years, synonymous with luxury and hair refinement, as the brand embodies a true institution in the world of beauty in France, it was tarnished, in 2018, by the accusations targeting Benjamin Dessange .
The son of Jacques Dessange, born from his relationship with press officer Corinne Francoise André de Valeton de Boissièrehad joined the family business to follow in the footsteps of his father Jacques Dessange and contribute to the group’s international reputation. But serious accusations against him had taken over his career in the company.
Benjamin Dessange was indicted in 2022
Benjamin Dessange, who left his father’s company in 2018, faced a media and legal storm after a former employee of the Dessange group accused him of aggravated sexual harassment, citing malicious phone calls, violence intentional and sexual harassment. He would have, from 2011, adopted “an inappropriate attitude” against him and had sent him numerous text messages of a sexual nature for two years. The alleged victim finally left the group as part of a conventional breakup.
In 2022, Benjamin Dessange was indicted in connection with this case by an investigating judge of the Paris judicial court. His lawyer then declared that his client “always contests the entirety of what he is accused of”considering that the indictment was not based “as well as the media pressure that weighs on the justice system in this type of case. Following an extremely long procedure, Benjamin Dessange was soon to be tried in Paris. He finally died on Tuesday, four years after the death of his famous father.
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