Five days after the publication of her testimony denouncing her former lover Julien Lacroix, Geneviève Morin admits today to being fully aware of her own story.
See Geneviève Morin’s testimony in its entirety in the video above.
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It is a young woman still in the throes of sadness who agreed to confide in TVA Nouvelles on Friday, almost a week after her testimony appeared in Le Devoir in which she recounts the abuse she experienced while ‘she shared the life of comedian Julien Lacroix.
While a wave of love and support swept over her, Geneviève Morin agrees that not all of the messages were necessarily positive.
“I have received very ugly messages from people who think it is out of revenge. But what I do to Julien – and that’s what makes me feel good and that makes me sleep at night – I hope I help him. I don’t want to see him in jail. Julien has a drinking problem and he carries a lot of sadness with him. I want him to get help, ”she says.
“It is a gesture of love that I make, in my opinion, for Julien”, continues the one who was the friend of the comedian for seven years. She also encourages people to consider her story with more “nuances”.
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This long relationship necessarily made denunciation even more difficult. The two weeks before the publication of the article, during which she had to keep the secret, were more difficult to wear than the last five days.
“I cried, Sunday, before the article came out, in the arms of my father and my mother telling them how much I felt like I was betraying my best friend and that it was complicated for me to do that She remembers.
“I hope he doesn’t blame me for doing that because I don’t want to blame him anymore,” says the young woman.
The number of testimonies gathered by the journalistic investigation also reinforced his feeling of doing the right thing.
“When I heard there were nine other testimonials, I fell off my chair,” she says.
As is the case with most denunciations made publicly, several individuals question the testimony, arguing that the victim only had to file a complaint with the police. However, it is not that easy, indicates Geneviève Morin.
“It’s not like saying your car has been stolen. […] It’s my word against his and that is extremely heavy to bear, ”she notes.
Considering the filing of the complaint, the delays in the system, the human and financial resources necessary to complete a criminal prosecution, the questioning of her testimony and the emotional cost of such an enterprise, Geneviève Morin understands why many victims of sexual assault prefer to avoid the courts and turn to social media or traditional media.
“It’s so much of a burden to carry on our shoulders that, of course, it’s not as easy to go and denounce a sexual assailant, what’s more, an ex that we’ve had deep in our hearts for seven years of his life, ”she adds.
She urges women who are trapped in an abusive or just toxic relationship to listen to themselves and get out of it before things get worse.
“If you feel that things are not going well, listen to yourself. Sounds simple, but listen to yourself and take action because no one is going to do it for you, she said. […] Sometimes you have to listen to the little voice that tells you “maybe you should go” ”.
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