Video: Comedian Ragnar the Breton sentenced to one year in prison for violence

The events took place on March 26 in Ménilles (Eure) "near a local football stadium, during a children's training session," explained the public prosecutor of Évreux, Rémi Coutin.

The accused "leaned against a stationary car, causing it to move. The owner of the car, who was sleeping inside, asked him to move aside, which he did not appreciate. The tone escalated, and he punched the victim several times, in the presence of the victim's son," the magistrate explained.

Matthias Quiviger, alias Ragnar the Breton, who was neither present nor represented at the hearing on Monday, was charged with assault with a temporary incapacity for work exceeding eight days. He has appealed the decision. In addition, the Instagrammer is banned from carrying a weapon for three years, from having contact with the victim, and is sentenced to a five-year ban on standing for election, according to the same source.

Ragnar the Breton, 35, shared his version of events on Instagram, so as not to "get his face smeared in all the media without saying anything," through a video lasting more than seven minutes that had 1.2 million views as of Tuesday morning. According to him, the altercation "escalated" and he referred to "self-defense."