Sister of rape victim Theo: ‘Police consider us rats’
May 21, 2017
Eleanor says her younger brother Theo, who was attacked by French police, suffers mentally as family waits for justice.
Aulnay-sous-Bois, France – “He still excretes from a hole in his stomach into a bag,” says Eleanor, as she sits in her living room in a tower block a few kilometres from where Theo, the youngest of eight siblings, was beaten by police and raped on Monday, February 2, in daylight.
Police say the “incident”- they do not describe it as rape – was an accident, that Theo’s trousers “slipped down on their own”.
“Theo is not like he was before,” Eleanor continues. “Even now, he sleeps very late and wakes up really early. He doesn’t really sleep, in fact. I’m his big sister. When I look at him, I can see he’s a bit sad. He still jokes around but sometimes there is an absence. His face turns dark.”
