Aware of Mr. Meklat’s tweets — she had warned about them before — she blew the whistle, and other Twitterers took up her outrage. Advertisement Continue reading the main story“I created a character, it’s a fictional character,” Mr. Meklat said. Encomiums to Mr. Meklat have been replaced by a bitter war of recrimination on French airwaves and in print. The International League Against Racism and Anti-Semitism has turned over Mr. Meklat’s tweets to the Paris prosecutor. Advertisement Continue reading the main story“All the people in his professional entourage knew about his bad behavior,” he added.

Source: New York Times March 03, 2017 19:41 UTC