Series Yvette, a black belt in karate, was harassed and raped by her trainer in the 1970s. Now aged 71, she says.
By Alice Ferber
Published on April 29, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.
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She is one of the first women to have obtained a black belt in karate in France, in the 1970s. Yvette (the first name has been changed), 71 years old today, ocean eyes and gray hair, recounts her great era on the tatami mats. The natural joker of this “full-time artist” fades behind the dramas she confides to us: for four years, her trainer harassed and raped her. She tells us:
“As a child, I don’t have any happy memories. My mother was an alcoholic. She only had me to benefit from benefits. She keeps repeating it to me, insulting me, hitting me: “You’re ugly, you’re useless.” It is no exaggeration to say that I lived my childhood like Cosette. My older sister gets the favors from our parents and I get the slaps. She’s jealous because she can’t stand that I’m better than her at gymnastics. In our…
On the subject Sexual violence
