“Be proud of yourself!” » It's through this address in Karen
that Me Fabian Lahaie, his lawyer, completed his pleading this Friday afternoon. Since 2020, he has been the advice of this woman, “alone against all, singled out”, who said to the psychologist expert: “Am I going to be taken for crazy? »
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“We are first and foremost an object with Mr. Laz! »
He chooses the image of a puzzle to scan this folder. First piece, the violence. Karen had recounted some of them. “The investigation will reveal others, which she took out of her head, in a dissociative state. » Second piece: pimping. “Who benefits? “, he sweeps away. As for the facts of rape, the lawyer recalls the mark of trauma on Karen's genitals, objectified by a doctor. He also returns to the audio recording broadcast Thursday. “She said: 'Stop, stop, I don't want to go any further'. Are we witnessing an attempted rape or sexual abuse? One thing is certain: we are first and foremost an object with Mr. Laz! »
“He’s trying his luck!” »
Stéphane Cantero, general counsel, is angry. This appeal trial? “Éric Laz comes back saying: ''I am a violent man and I admit to having prostituted my partner''. On the other hand, he had the choice to recognize the rape but his personality forbade him to do so. He's trying his luck in front of the Loire-Atlantique jurors! » He appeals to their reason. With the usual, admitted violence, “the home becomes a trap”.
“You're going to tell Karen: 'That's it, it's over'”
In this trap home, “the violence was also sexual, of course! “. He highlights the medical certificate, which mentioned the trauma to Karen's genitals and the second audio recording. He looks at the accused: “She begs, she cries, she says stop…”. Stéphane Cantero now addresses the jurors: “You are going to say to Karen: 'That's it, it's over'”. He requests the definitive withdrawal of Eric Laz's parental authority and fifteen to sixteen years of imprisonment.
Consensual sex can hurt”
Tough task for Mes Thierry Fillon and Cécile de Oliveira, in defense. The Rennes lawyer begins by deploring a media “execution” of his client, a stratagem which he had already used during the first trial. Éric Laz would, listening to him, “acutely aware” of the violence. Pimping? “He said, 'I benefited from it.' We don't do better in terms of factual recognition. » That leaves the rapes. “What makes it possible to say that they existed or not? Karen's only word! » As for the perineal scar. “This is not incompatible, but it doesn’t demonstrate anything! Consensual sex can hurt. » He calls for acquittal of the rape charges.
“Do not despise this development! »
Me Cécile de Oliveira takes over to say “(his) perception of a broken man, with an unstructured childhood. This rage of an unloved child damaged Karen.” But the question of parental authority should not, according to her, be decided by the court. As for the 15 to 16 years required, she contrasts them with “the possible evolution” detected by the expert-psychiatrist. “Do not despise this development! “, she urges the jurors. It was Karen that they believed: Éric Laz was sentenced to 14 years in prison. Upon his release, he will have to undergo five years of socio-judicial supervision. He is forbidden from having contact with Karen. His parental authority is withdrawn from him.
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