“Go ahead and file a complaint and it’s not going to change my asshole. I’ll hit you where it hurts. I’m facing you and you’re dead, I guarantee that. I hope something serious happens to you on the bike and you die there. »
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Hate messages like this, Sébastien Delorme has received a lot for two years from a admirer who is as intense as he is disturbed, but familiar with social media. When the Indefensible star blocked this fan on Instagram, she snuck into the inbox of her 13-year-old daughter and new girlfriend, Penelope Cordeau, to unleash another barrage of threats, in raw and explicit language.
“I see this guy and I kill him. I see his kids and they’re dead. I just wish you died, my asshole. “Or again, ‘I see you and I’ll smack my fist in your face, especially since you’re wearing glasses.’ »
Introduce. You read in your personal mailbox that a groupie wants to liquidate your father or your lover. It’s clear you’re panicking. And that’s exactly what happened with the Delormes.
On August 7, 2022, Sébastien Delorme and his wife filed a complaint against this hostile admirer at their neighborhood police station in Montreal, the second in two years. Two days later, the 32-year-old young woman was arrested at her home in La Prairie and spent a night in jail before being released. His case will return to the Montreal courthouse on March 15.
According to my information, this die-hard fan would not have suffered from any – at least diagnosed – mental illness and would not have committed any physical violence towards the 52-year-old actor.
The alleged stalker I’m going to call Annie here loves stars. She is a star chaser who has met many royalty in Quebec showbiz over the years. Her personal Instagram profile features her in photos with a number of famous people including Patrice Godin, Vincent-Guillaume Otis and Pierre Bruneau, as well as many Montreal Canadiens players including her favorite Cole Caufield.
According to court documents, Annie developed an unhealthy obsession with Sébastien Delorme in 2019, during the District 31 period. She then created fan pages on Instagram to get in touch with the actor who was storing Stéphane “Poupou” Pouliot. She commented on each of his posts and also followed him on Strava, a mobile app that uses GPS to measure running distances (walk, bike, etc.).
A detective in her free time, Annie began writing to Sébastien Delorme’s mistress and the actor’s father, becoming too meddlesome in the personal life of Léo Macdonald’s popular interpreter of Indéfendable.
Sébastien Delorme did what everyone does when they feel invaded: he banned Annie from his Instagram, followed by 60,400 people. Annie tripped and sent an initial series of death threats to the actor and his entourage.
On December 8, 2020, Sébastien Delorme, who I was told was really scared, made a complaint to the police. Annie then pledged not to communicate with the actor or his relatives for a year.
But Annie, totally obsessed with Sébastien Delorme, has done it again.
As of May 2021, Annie appeared in Sébastien Delorme’s digital world with a fake account, which of course Delorme ended up blocking. Again Annie lost the card.
She found Sébastien Delorme’s blonde on Facebook and sent her messages on August 6, 2022 destined for the Indefensible headliner.
“Go complain, asshole. You’re scared because you know it didn’t matter last time. I hope to ruin your career and I hope you die. I would be so happy if you died. I hope it happens to you soon,” wrote Annie, who sent identical threats to Sébastien Delorme’s 13-year-old teenager.
It was Sébastien Delorme’s second complaint that led to Annie’s arrest. Police found numerous photos of the actor and his lover Pénélope Cordeau in Annie’s Samsung cell phone.
Annie’s fascination with Sébastien Delorme began a year after he split from actress Julie Perreault, with whom he had been a couple for almost 20 years.
This story of cyberbullying sounds dangerous like a script à la Swimfan or Fatal Attraction. Sébastien Delorme preferred not to comment on this, in order not to lure other crackpots onto his platforms.
No wonder many stars are shutting down their official Facebook or Instagram pages. These digital tools turn into nests for poisonous trolls to spread their venom there.
Social networks are increasingly poisoning the lives of celebrities who use them. Super harmless posts – like family vacation photos – now generate a trail of unsightly and mean remarks.
It’s such a shame because these platforms were so enjoyable to hang out with. What public figure today has the taste to wipe away vomit by posting a mundane apple pie recipe? Person. Just moderating comments consumes an enormous amount of energy that is better invested elsewhere.
We have the feeling that the stars here are breaking away from Facebook and Instagram. They are content to pass on things related to their professional commitments and no longer open the door to their secret garden as they did a few years ago.
And that makes 100% sense. Flat or sharp comments are tolerated. Death threats, that’s just untenable.