The video scuppered Benjamin Griveaux's candidacy for mayor of Paris. "I checked the tangible items in his possession to make sure he didn't fall into a plot," he explains.While the political class unanimously denounces an intolerable invasion of privacy and a nauseating climate, the lawyer counter-attacks on his favorite ground. VIDEO. 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His campaign for mayor was central to Macron’s attempt to control Paris’s city hall to build a local power base for his party, but he had alienated many within his own camp after a leaked conversation with journalists revealed disparaging remarks he had made about LREM rivals.A Russian artist living in Paris and reportedly close to the gilets jaunes movement,“He [Griveaux] is someone who is always mentioning family values. "I don't mind people having the sexuality they want, they can even kiss animals, no problem, but they have to be honest," he tries to justify.On Tuesday, he had offered the content to Mediapart, which had refused to publish it, the news site said.A regular critic of Russian power, Pavlenski has had several media hits for several years.He notably sewed his mouth to defend freedom of expression in support of the Pussy Riot group in 2012, before attaching his testicles to the ground on Red Square, in Moscow, in 2013. On y voit des messages explicites destinés à une femme et attribués à Benjamin Griveaux, dans lesquels il montre ses parties intimes. Nobody should ever be subjected to this kind of abuse,” Griveaux said in a statement after a crisis meeting at his Paris campaign headquarters.“For more than a year, my family and I have been subjected to defamatory remarks, lies, rumours, anonymous attacks, the revelation of stolen private conversations and death threats. It was published on a little-known website that alleged Mr Griveaux, 42, … Muslim pilgrims converged today on Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat for the climax of this year's hajj, the smallest in modern times and a sharp contrast to the massive crowds of previous years,The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission lifts off at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. Video,The fireman 'saving what's not burnt' of the Amazon,Schitt's Creek wins nine awards at the Emmys. VIDEO. “The publication of intimate images to destroy an adversary is odious,” said hard-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon.A video and text messages to a young woman purportedly from Griveaux, whose campaign has been struggling against rivals including the Socialist incumbent.The video shows a man performing a sex act on himself accompanied by the message “Me this morning when I wake up”. RÉCIT - L'annonce du retrait fracassant de Benjamin Griveaux à Paris, vendredi, à un mois du premier tour des élections municipales, est le fruit d'un cheminement progressif, mais rapide.. 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Benjamin Griveaux, who was standing for party of President Macron, lambasts ‘vile attacks’ Kim Willsher in Paris Fri 14 Feb 2020 09.13 EST … Interpellé et mis en examen pour avoir diffusé une vidéo intime de Benjamin Griveaux, alors candidat LREM à la mairie de Paris, Piotr Pavlenski s'estime victime d'une injustice. 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Benjamin Griveaux, who was standing for party of President Macron, lambasts ‘vile attacks’ Kim Willsher in Paris Fri 14 Feb 2020 09.13 EST First published on Fri 14 Feb 2020 03.59 EST Benjamin Griveaux, who was standing for party of President Macron, lambasts ‘vile attacks’.Emmanuel Macron’s candidate for mayor of Paris in next month’s municipal elections has been forced to stand down after the leak of sexual images and messages online, blaming what he called “vile” attacks on his private life on social media.Benjamin Griveaux, who was standing for the president’s governing centrist La République En Marche (LREM) party, made the announcement on Friday morning less than 48 hours after the material was first posted to a website.“My family does not deserve this. No-one should ever be subjected to such abuse," he said.On Sunday, French Health Minister Agnès Buzyn said she would be replacing Mr Griveaux as the En Marche party's candidate for mayor of Paris.The 35-year-old first gained notoriety by nailing his scrotum to Moscow's Red Square in 2013. 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