YouTuber Norman Thawood is in police custody for raping and corrupting minors

Norman Thawood, who is suspected of raping many young women and giving bribes to minors, was questioned by the investigators on Monday.

According to information obtained by the newspaper release, legal proceedings initiated against the youtubeur last January have made it possible to identify at least six complainants. Five of them are accused of raping him, and at least two were minors at the time of the alleged facts.

Condemnations targeting Thawaud have doubled since the summer of 2020 after Quebecer, who was 16 at the time of the events, condemned the 31-year-old star’s actions on Instagram.

Corroborating the photos and screenshots, the young woman has publicly alleged that he manipulated her to get sexually explicit photos and videos and had psychological influence on her since 2018.

Complaint in Canada as well

The young woman also filed a complaint against Thawood in Quebec.

As part of the published Franco-Quebec survey Urbania In April 2021, other women made similar accusations against the YouTuber for what happened when some of them were minors.

Questioned by AFP, the young Quebecer confirmed she was in France to meet investigators and confront her attacker.

Behind the popular YouTube channel Norman makes videosThaoud became one of the most followed on the Internet by acquiring Mixicom, which brought together famous web comedians including Cyprien and Squeegee, who shared with him the podium of the most followed video producers in France.

Norman Thauvaud is one of the pioneers of podcasts in France, publishing sketches depicting the banalities of everyday life on social networks.

Officially, his YouTube videos have been viewed more than 2.7 billion times.