SHE SAVED ME M6. The M6 TV movie “She saved me” looks back on the tragic true stories of Julie Douib and Laura Rapp, victims of domestic violence. Back to the two cases.
[Mis à jour le 29 mars 2022 à 20h50] M6 is broadcasting this Tuesday, March 29, 2022 the TV movie She saved me. This production looks back on two cases that have sadly become symbols of domestic violence in France: the feminicide of Julie Douib, and the attempted homicide of Laura Rapp. On March 3, 2019, Julie Douib died after her former companion shot her three times in Haute-Corse. This 34-year-old mother had however lodged a complaint several times against her ex before the tragedy, without the authorities reacting. His executioner was sentenced in 2021 to life imprisonment, accompanied by a security sentence of twenty-two years. Shortly after the death of his daughter, the victim’s father, Lucien Douib, believed that “there was a failure in the system, in the lack of listening”.
Laura Rapp, whose TV movie She saved me traces the story, was also a victim of domestic violence from her companion for many years. When he tries to strangle her on the night of April 16 to 17, 2018, in front of their child, she files a complaint. But her husband was finally released without an electronic bracelet before his trial for attempted homicide, after having spent ten months in pre-trial detention. Her ex-spouse has been stalking Laura Rapp and her daughter, trying to get custody of the child. It was finally on May 14, 2019, two months after the death of Julie Douib, that she decided to tell her story on Twitter, accusing the justice system of “turning her back” and asking for protection. Her ex-spouse was then put back behind bars. He was found guilty of attempted murder a few months later and sentenced to eight years in prison.
Synopsis – Threatened and beaten by her ex-spouse for many months, Julie Douib, 34, mother of two young children, had gone to file a complaint many times. On March 3, 2019, Julie was shot dead by her ex-companion at L’île Rousse in Haute-Corse. On the night of April 16 to 17, 2018, after several years of domestic violence, Laura Rapp finally finds the courage to file a complaint: her partner tried to strangle her in front of their two-year-old daughter. After a year in pre-trial detention for attempted homicide, her ex-husband is released pending trial…