The case is already making the rounds in the news. According to information from the magazine Voici, quickly confirmed by our colleagues from Le Parisien, Iris Mittenaere would have filed a complaint against her new companion, Bruno Pelat, son of a business magnate.
The man was reportedly placed in police custody this Tuesday, September 24, 2024, for violence against his partner not exceeding 8 days of ITT, in a police station in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. The police custody would have continued at least until Wednesday afternoon.
Iris Mittenaere would have hesitated to file a complaint
Wednesday evening, during the Etam Lingerie fashion show, Iris Mittenaere surprised her audience by appearing with a splint on her hand. An injury which, according to Le Parisien’s sources, was caused by his companion. In her testimony, the former Miss France and Miss Universe would have described the violence as “light”, and would have also hesitated to file a complaint against her boyfriend, whom she has been seeing for a short time.
Freshly separated from her long-time fiancé Diego El Glaoui, Iris Mittenaere finally filed a complaint on Wednesday morning, which is why Brunot Pelat’s custody was extended.
The unconditional support of Internet users
At present, Iris Mittenaere has not spoken publicly about this affair. But on Instagram, she is already receiving a lot of support from Internet users. “I’m sorry for what happened to you,” we can read under various publications.
Beyond their unwavering support, Internet users also encourage her to follow through with her efforts, and above all not to return to the man who allegedly attacked her. “Don’t get back together”, “Courage and above all don’t look back!”, “Go to the end of your fight: a man who has struck once will always strike again”, recommends an Internet user.
A woman who doesn’t give up
If she would have hesitated to file a complaint against her companion, Iris Mitteneare was never afraid to speak out to denounce the harassment of which she was the victim since she was elected Miss France. “I know how much a comment can destroy a person. (…) In the street, you don’t stop someone to tell them that a haircut is horrible. Why would you do it on social networks? We cannot normalize these hateful comments,” she said in particular in the columns of the magazine Ciné Télé Revue.
In 2022, according to the Ministry of the Interior, 244,000 victims of domestic violence were recorded by the security forces, an increase of 15% compared to the previous year. On average, one in 10 women are victims of violence from their partner.
