The case is now in the hands of the courts. The Italian teacher at a high school in Nice, whose “disturbing” publications on the Internet had been the subject of reports from parents of students at the beginning of the week, was placed in custody, indicates to 20 minutes the public prosecutor of Nice Damien Martinelli, confirming information from Nice morning. It is understood for “death threats” and “apology of crime”.
Poems, explicit songs – with sexual content, but also shocking photos in which he depicted himself in macabre positions, had led parents to alert the principal and file reports on the Pharos platform.
A gun to the head
And the 50-year-old teacher “would have promoted his YouTube channel to several students, minors”, explained Thursday Khadija Elouahabi, the president of the FCPE (Federation of Parents’ Councils) of the Alpes-Maritimes.
On his Instagram account, now emptied, there appeared in particular a gun to his head in a post accompanied by lyrics from a song by Damien Saez: “One day it’s true I’m going to end up finding myself a gun and I’ll go down to the street, if you move I’ll collapse! » Contacted by the principal of the establishment, the Nice rectorate immediately reacted. “We are investigating the case,” a spokesperson confirmed to 20 Minutes. The teacher was absent on Thursday.