Emmanuel Macron

French police suspend arrested a woman in connection with the publication of a sex video, it brought a political ally of the President, Emmanuel Macron .

Alexandra de Taddeo is the girlfriend of activist Petr Pavlensky . Both were not detained, the reveal on Saturday, but the police initially your arrest.

she was arrested on charges of violation of privacy and sharing of personal images Without Consent , officials said.

The video is foiled Benjamin Griveaux the candidacy for the mayor of Paris.

It was published on a little-known website, the alleged Mr Griveaux, 42, exchanged intimate Mobile Phone messages and footage with a young wife.

Mrs de Taddeo is the suspicion that the recipient of the intimate footage, France, Le Figaro newspaper reported on Sunday, citing the Paris Prosecutor's office.

Mr Pavlensky, a Russian who sought asylum in France in the year 2017, earlier said that he was responsible for posting the video, A Man was involved in a sexual act.

He was arrested on Saturday as part of a separate investigation into an alleged brawl In Paris on 31. December with "premeditated violence with a weapon".

the Prosecutor's office later said that Mrs de Taddeo, whom he held reportedly in a relationship with since January, 2019,, Condemned widely the publication of the recordings of Mr Griveaux.

The politicians had filed a lawsuit, a breach of privacy lawsuit hours before she was arrested.

The spread of the Clips, which brought about the most Social Media last Thursday, the condemnation from across the political spectrum.

the Paris mayor, Anne Hidalgo said that should the Private Lives of the people observed.

Far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the video Version has Condemned as "repugnant", while the extreme-right leader Marine Le proposed Pen, Mr Griveaux should not have left.

Mr Pavlensky said that he posted the video to show what he sees as the politicians of hypocrisy.

Mr Griveaux, who is married, has children, and was once a government spokesman Condemned the distribution of the video, as he pulled his mayor candidacy on Friday.

"My Family didn't deserve this. No one should ever be subjected to such abuse," he said.

On Sunday, French Minister for health, Agnès Buzyn said they would be replacing Mr Griveaux as the En-Marche party candidate for mayor of Paris.

The 35-year-old first gained notoriety by nailing his scrotum to Moscow's Red Square in 2013. He fled Russia and sought asylum in France when he was accused by The Authorities of a sexual assault, which he denied.

He spent seven months in prison for the adjustment of The Front door of the FSB-the secret service On Fire in Moscow, and later caused minor damage to one of the Banque de France branch by this fire.

Before his arrest, he told the French news channel LCI that Mr Griveaux was The First politician, he would be the opponent, and he said that he would further the "propaganda and the Puritanism of the politicians are fighting".

the French media have traditionally avoided prying into the Private Lives of public figures and A Number of figures referred to distaste fully, to the "Americanization" of the policy.

Source of news: bbc.com