{"id":366691,"date":"2017-10-30T11:57:48","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T11:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=366691"},"modified":"2017-10-30T11:57:48","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T11:57:48","slug":"sugar-daddy-site-targeting-university-students-in-paris-is-removed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=366691","title":{"rendered":"‘Sugar daddy’ site targeting university students in Paris is removed"},"content":{"rendered":"

An advert for a dating site offering to help students in Paris find a “sugar daddy” to fund their studies has been removed by police.<\/p>\n

A mobile billboard was advertising the RichMeetBeautiful site in the grounds of Sorbonne University.<\/p>\n

It featured a couple cuddling with the message to students – “romance, passion and no student loan, go out with a sugar daddy”.<\/p>\n

Since then police have seized the billboard.<\/p>\n

A tweet from City of Paris official account said it “strongly condemned the shameful advertisement” and would “work with police to make it disappear from our streets”.<\/p>\n

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Nous condamnons avec fermet\u00e9 cette publicit\u00e9 honteuse. Nous travaillons avec la\u00a0@prefpolice\u00a0pour la faire dispara\u00eetre de nos rues.\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/GIAxsVBllH<\/p>\n

\u2014 Paris (@Paris)\u00a0October 25, 2017<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Deputy mayor of Paris, Helene Bidard, said the advert was a form of prostitution.<\/p>\n

“As well as the public order problems caused by an advert that can be seen by minors, this site is an offence against women,” she said.<\/p>\n

She later said an investigation had been opened on the website for pimping and police had seized the truck for displaying without authorisation.<\/p>\n

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#SugarDaddy\u00a0une enqu\u00eate ouverte sur le site pour prox\u00e9n\u00e9tisme et la police a fait saisir le camion pr affichage sans autorisation !\u00a0@Paris<\/p>\n

\u2014 H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Bidard (@Helenebidard)\u00a0October 26, 2017<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

The site’s founder, Norwegian Sigurd Vedal, said the site aims to put people in contact with each other, like any other dating site.<\/p>\n

He previously denied any similarity to prostitution when he was criticised for advertising in Brussels last month.<\/p>\n

“It’s a classic misunderstanding. We are like a normal dating site, but financial is part of the checklist,” he told a television station in Belgium.<\/p>\n

In France, student association FAGE has also lodged a criminal complaint about pimping.<\/p>\n

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+ de 1200 signatures, on continue \u00e0 mettre la pression!\u00a0#sugarbabies\u00a0#sugardaddy\u00a0#richmeetbeautiful\u00a0#balancetonporchttps:\/\/t.co\/aweomCj0MZ<\/p>\n

\u2014 Shirley Wirden (@ShirleyWirden)\u00a0October 26, 2017<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

And lots of other people were outraged too.<\/p>\n

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Vu ce matin, une dr\u00f4le de proposition pour financer ses \u00e9tudes… de m\u00e9decine…\u00a0#Richmeetbeautifulpic.twitter.com\/28nAg9MwxB<\/p>\n

\u2014 Stefeloy (@stefeloy)\u00a0October 25, 2017<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

–<\/p>\n

Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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