2023-10-03 20:15:53
Annie-Soleil Proteau agreed to reveal a secret part of her past, namely her links with the criminal world, in order to do useful work in the documentary series Criminal family.
Over the course of the six episodes which are now broadcast on the Vrai platform, she recounts having, during her adolescence in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, in Montreal, frequented a drug trafficker, in addition to having, in her family, people linked to “high crime”. She is withholding the names for obvious security reasons and because she will never be a snitch (a snitch), as she says.
Félix Séguin and Annie-Soleil Proteau PHOTO PROVIDED BY VRAI
“When I was very young, I decided to go into this area. My boyfriend and my friends were from the criminal world. At that moment I didn’t see the extent of the suffering, I just saw the freedom […] », testified the cultural columnist of Hello Hello weekendwho mentions that she was then fueled by “adrenaline and excess”.
In the series, she says that her relationships at the time put a “Band-Aid on a lot of pain” and satisfied her “need for excessive love”.
“One day, I was lucky, I understood that I was burying myself alive, absolutely, and I was able to leave that life. It was really roughit was very difficult to do, but I did it,” she added during an interview with the QMI Agency.
Willingness to help
Several friends from that time “died tragically”, which is why Annie-Soleil Proteau wants to raise awareness among young people not to take the path of crime or to get out of it before it ends badly. She speaks about her past not without fear of losing the affection of a part of the public, love which she needs so much, but she accepts her choice.
For the needs of Criminal familya project which has been in development for more than two years, she supported her friend Félix Séguin, who is a journalist at the Quebecor Bureau of Investigation and host of the show JE, at TVA, in order to give voice – like never before – to relatives of criminals. Since she understands what they are going through, she was able to convince them to confide in the camera of director Vanessa Cournoyer.
“We never hear these people. We found it important to shine the spotlight on the suffering of criminal families. It comes with a lot of judgment. We wanted to demonstrate the extent to which these people are in no way guilty by association,” said Annie-Soleil Proteau, specifying that the introspection provoked by the filming stirred up many memories, even traumas, that she had hidden. .
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Annie-Soleil also convinced her friend, Sabrina, to speak. The latter frequented the trafficker Gaétan Sévigny until the latter was shot dead in front of their residence in Terrebonne, in 2019.
Annie-Soleil Proteau with her friend, Sabrina, who testifies in the documentary series. PHOTO PROVIDED BY VRAI
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“There are a lot of details about the deaths of these people that we didn’t know,” said Félix Séguin. In every episode, we learn something new. These families have already communicated with me in the past to try to explain a little better what had happened with their loved one, what we were not telling them, etc. As they talk, they reclaim a lot of their crime-free lives. Before, they were the blonde of, the son of. »
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