Valérie Bacot case
French legal case
The Valérie Bacot case, also known as the Clayette case, is a French legal case, which follows the 2016 murder of Daniel Polette by his wife Valérie Bacot, after years of abuse and forced prostitution by Polette.
Shooting
On 13 March 2016 Bacot was raped by a client. Bacot killed her husband by shooting him in the back of the head with a pistol he had hidden in his car.
Bacot stated that she was afraid that her 14-year-old daughter would suffer the same fate as she did.
Her two eldest sons, aged 16 and 17, and Lucas Granet, her daughter's boyfriend, aged 16, helped her to bury the body in a wooded area. Valérie Bacot reported the disappearance of her husband to the police. The body was found on 3 October 2017 in La Clayette, in Saône-et-Loire, thanks to information given by Lucas's mother to the police and on the indications of Valérie Bacot.
Biography of Valérie Bacot
Valérie Bacot is from Saône-et-Loire. Her parents separated in 1992. Her mother, Joëlle Aubagne, is described as an alcoholic who was authoritarian and violent.
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