The cantor of fasting and raw food on YouTube Thierry Casasnovas, who is the subject of a judicial investigation, in particular, for “illegal practice of medicine”, is in police custody on Thursday evening March 9, learned the Agency France-Presse at the Perpignan public prosecutor’s office. The decision to present him to a judge on Friday for a possible indictment has not yet been made. A search took place in February 2022 at the home of this influencer, based in the Pyrénées-Orientales, who had not been placed in police custody at the time.
During the summer of 2020, the prosecution had opened a judicial investigation against him for “illegal exercise of the profession of doctor”, “abuse of weakness” and “misleading commercial practices”, before adding to it, in the fall of 2021 , the count of “economic and financial offences”.
Thierry Casasnovas, who presents himself as a naturopath, has become known for his videos, watched by hundreds of thousands of subscribers, where he defends raw eating and abstinence to live better, regenerate and detoxify his body. According to these videos, these practices can prevent or even cure cancer, diabetes or depression.
In November 2022, the Interministerial Mission for Vigilance and the Fight against Sectarian Abuses (Miviludes), was again alarmed by the influence of Thierry Casasnovas on several followers, who notably “gave up their medical treatments”.
