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'''Philippe Servaty''' is a [[Belgians|Belgian]]<ref>Bradley, John R. Behind the Veil of Vice: the Business and Culture of Sex in the Middle East. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. Print. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Y3SRPEEB-7IC&dq=prince+sultan+bin+abdul-aziz+corrupt&pg=PT183 books.google.com]</ref> Walloon journalist who formerly worked for [[Brussels]]-based newspaper ''[[Le Soir]]''.<ref name="TELQUEL">{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.telquel-online.com/180/sujet1.shtml Scandale porno d’Agadir], Karim Boukhari, ''[[TelQuel]]'' #180. Retrieved on 2007-02-02</ref> While in [[Morocco]] from 2002 to 2005, he engaged in sex with over 80 [[Women in Morocco|Moroccan women]], promising to take them to [[Belgium]]. Before leaving for Belgium, he asked them for sexual photos as souvenirs and photographed them in poses that could be seen as degrading. They included ejaculating on the face of a veiled woman and having another woman kneel, bound, and gagged while he urinated on her.<ref name="ARABIC">{{Cite web |date=2013-09-20 |title='Le Soir' paper 'extremely shocked' to be associated in ethical scandal in Morocco |url=http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/050613/2005061326.html |access-date=2023-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920021410/http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/050613/2005061326.html |archive-date=20 September 2013 }}</ref> After returning to Belgium, he published the photos on the internet under the pseudonym 'Belguel'. |
'''Philippe Servaty''' is a [[Belgians|Belgian]]<ref>Bradley, John R. Behind the Veil of Vice: the Business and Culture of Sex in the Middle East. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. Print. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Y3SRPEEB-7IC&dq=prince+sultan+bin+abdul-aziz+corrupt&pg=PT183 books.google.com]</ref> Walloon journalist who formerly worked for [[Brussels]]-based newspaper ''[[Le Soir]]''.<ref name="TELQUEL">{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.telquel-online.com/180/sujet1.shtml Scandale porno d’Agadir], Karim Boukhari, ''[[TelQuel]]'' #180. Retrieved on 2007-02-02</ref> While in [[Morocco]] from 2002 to 2005, he engaged in sex with over 80 [[Women in Morocco|Moroccan women]], promising to take them to [[Belgium]]. Before leaving for Belgium, he asked them for sexual photos as souvenirs and photographed them in poses that could be seen as degrading. They included ejaculating on the face of a veiled woman and having another woman kneel, bound, and gagged while he urinated on her.<ref name="ARABIC">{{Cite web |date=2013-09-20 |title='Le Soir' paper 'extremely shocked' to be associated in ethical scandal in Morocco |url=http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/050613/2005061326.html |access-date=2023-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920021410/http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/050613/2005061326.html |archive-date=20 September 2013 }}</ref> After returning to Belgium, he published the photos on the internet under the pseudonym 'Belguel'. |
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Revision as of 20:36, 26 August 2023
Philippe Servaty is a Belgian[1] Walloon journalist who formerly worked for Brussels-based newspaper Le Soir.[2] While in Morocco from 2002 to 2005, he engaged in sex with over 80 Moroccan women, promising to take them to Belgium. Before leaving for Belgium, he asked them for sexual photos as souvenirs and photographed them in poses that could be seen as degrading. They included ejaculating on the face of a veiled woman and having another woman kneel, bound, and gagged while he urinated on her.[3] After returning to Belgium, he published the photos on the internet under the pseudonym 'Belguel'.
At least one of the women filed a complaint to the police in Morocco, after a CD-ROM of the pictures began circulating in marketplaces in Agadir. The police arrested her, as well as many of the other women pictured, as posing for pornographic photos is a crime in Morocco.[4][5] At least two of the women attempted suicide while in prison. Moroccan authorities asked Belgium to press charges against Servaty. Belgium declined, as the photos are not illegal under Belgian law.[4] Moroccan authorities have stated that he will be arrested if he returns to Morocco; he had previously been arrested there for possession of pornography. Due to the scandal, Servaty resigned from Le Soir.[2][3]
Families of the photographed women have placed a bounty on his head, and both he and his wife received death threats. Servaty was forced into hiding in fear for his life.[2][6] Servaty said in an interview that he was a sex addict and apologized for his actions.[6]
There were press reports at the time of the Moroccan scandal that Servaty, having been dismissed from Le Soir, was about to be taken onto the staff of the Brussels Regional Parliament as a civil servant, but that the offer had been abruptly withdrawn following his exposure in the media and the ensuing scandal. It is not known whether the offer was renewed once things had quietened down.
In February 2013, the Criminal Court of Brussels sentenced Servaty to 18 months for "debauchery or prostitution of a minor", "degrading treatment" and "exhibition and distribution of pornographic images".[7]
References
- ^ Bradley, John R. Behind the Veil of Vice: the Business and Culture of Sex in the Middle East. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. Print. books.google.com
- ^ a b c (in French) Scandale porno d’Agadir, Karim Boukhari, TelQuel #180. Retrieved on 2007-02-02
- ^ a b "'Le Soir' paper 'extremely shocked' to be associated in ethical scandal in Morocco". 20 September 2013. Archived from the original on 20 September 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- ^ a b (in Dutch) Ze zijn zo naïef, meneer, Bénédicte Vaes, De Standaard, 2005-07-02. Retrieved on 2007-02-02
- ^ Agadir scandal Belgian MPs urge King to pardon victims, Morocco Times, (15 July 2005).
- ^ a b (in Dutch) De slachtoffers van Servaty, Bart Schut, Knack. Retrieved on 2007-02-02
- ^ "Philippe Servaty, le pornographe d'Agadir s'en sort avec 18 mois seulement". La Vie éco (in French). 19 February 2013. Archived from the original on 1 August 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.