He is followed by several hundred thousand people on social networks and regularly films himself with weapons or killing animals. But far-right influencer Baptiste Marchais is now the target of an initial investigation “inspect” if comments made in YouTube videos are anything to go by “acts of intimidation against judges”the Paris prosecutor’s office announced this Tuesday, November 18, confirming information from BFMTV.
In a video revealed by Streetpress and broadcast on November 11 on another influencer’s YouTube channel, “Le Guiz”, Baptiste Marchais was angry with two recent court decisions and asserted: “Fear has to change sides”propose to act “case by case”.
He invites the audience to continue whatever they want “information” on behalf of the judges involved in the framework “make it public so everyone can express their opinion”. “This is not a threat, there is no story”he added, before adding that he believed it “It is unbearable that these people face no retribution, no sanctions”.
The Paris prosecutor’s office said it had opened an investigation after the video was broadcast “to verify whether the comments made can be qualified as a criminal act of intimidation of the judge so that he refrains from acting in his capacity, and discredits the court’s decision”.
These two offenses each carry a sentence of ten years in prison and a fine of 150,000 euros for the first offense, six months in prison, and a fine of 7,500 euros for the second offense. “The judges and their teams conducted online checks to record the comments and were able to identify their authors.”added the public prosecutor.
Regarding the party who will come to respond to the call to provide information issued by the two influencers, the prosecutor’s office “also reminds that the disclosure of personal information that makes it possible to identify or locate a person in a position of public authority and exposes them to an immediate risk of harm to that person or property is an offense punishable by five years in prison and 75,000 euros” Good.
Far-right influencers have gained attention in recent years on social networks, among masculinist discourse, anti-immigration, promotion of authoritarianism and rejection of democracy. Before the announcement of his departure from YouTube, in early 2025, on other platforms, Baptiste Marchais had almost 275,000 subscribers on his channel opened in 2020, for almost 200 videos and 45 million total views.
