Élisabeth Rioux, who was the victim of domestic violence and whose ex-spouse was sentenced to a prison sentence, became a model for her many Quebecers living in a climate of terror.
But she does not particularly like the label of “victim” and, although she “assumes” what happened to her, this episode must not define it as a woman, as she told it to Sophie Durocher on the show In the white of the eyes, Friday evening, at LCN.
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“I was always afraid of being seen a bit like the victim,” said the influencer and an entrepreneur, who, by her words and the media coverage of her business, has become a figure in the fight against domestic violence.
Sophie Durocher and Élisabeth Rioux on the set of the program “In the white of the eyes”.
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Years after denouncing her ex-spouse, Élisabeth Rioux still receives messages from women in distress. Each time, she directs them towards appropriate help resources.
His former lover, Bryan McCormick, had received six months in prison after pleading guilty of having struck her, strangled and threatened with death several times, even when she was pregnant with their child, had written The newspaper from Montreal, July 5, 2022, at the time of his conviction.
Her eyes got fooled during the interview segment when she returned to this difficult moment in her life.
“It was really difficult, then for several years too. There, it may be that my answers are shorter, but it’s just because … […] I think it will always remain a delicate subject, but I thought it came with a … You know, precisely, because it is still delicate, made me find that it also came with a big responsibility, “she replied, before praising the strength of another personality having suffered the blows of a violent ex-spouse, the actress Ingrid Falaise, that she finds” exceptional “.
Photo Martin Chevalier
“I don’t know how she does because I would not be able to always be in the subject, because I eat a lot, let’s put, from the inside. But precisely, there were so many questions also at these times when I was very presented that way, because I was wondering how long it was going to follow me. ”
She also believes that many women are silent for fear of being labeled as victims of violence.
“If I can use my story to say things that I would have liked to hear at that time,” she said, knowing that she has a “responsibility” towards her many subscribers on her social media. “I say to myself: if it can save a single person, so much the better,” said the influencer and entrepreneur.
During the interview, Élisabeth Rioux also spoke of her place among the business women who have succeeded and the “beauty privilegeWho may have helped her to find a place in the sun.
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