Laure Manaudou victim of revenge porn: her powerful message sent to her teenage daughter

Monday, January 13, 2025, Laure Manaudou was the guest of C à vous to promote the documentary Laure! Laure! Laure!. The former professional swimmer confided about the revenge porn she was subjected to victim, when she was only 21 years old.

© France 5 Laure Manaudou was the victim of revenge porn.

IN BRIEF

• In 2007, Laure Manaudou, a professional swimmer, was the victim of revenge porn by an ex-boyfriend, which left its mark on her career.
• For 15 years, she suffered insults and offensive photos, which had a profound impact on her personal and professional life.
• Laure Manaudou now campaigns for prevention.

From dream to nightmare. In 2007, while Laure Manaudou was achieving incredible performances in the pools and her career as a professional swimmer was at her peak, she is the victim of revenge porn, understand that intimate photos of her have been revealed. On the set of C à vous, Monday January 13, 2024, Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine recalled that it was an ex-boyfriend of hers who had wanted revenge.

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For several years, because of these photos, Laure Manaudou has received many insults. “I was insulted for 15 years I think“, confided the former swimmer in the show broadcast on France 5, when she was invited to promote the documentary Laure! Laure! Laure!. “For 15 years I received photos with insults, it was very long“, she added.

Laure Manaudou: “I try to do prevention”

Today a mother, Laure Manaudou wants to use her experience to warn her daughter who is 15 years old. “I try to do prevention and tell her to be careful, because it happened to me and that you shouldn't do it“, she said when talking about her daughter, Manon, whom she had with her ex-partner, swimmer Frédérick Bousquet.

These photos and the insults she was subjected to have necessarily had an impact on her. “Çit had an impact because I farted a lead at one point. I left for the United States because I didn't want people to look at me anymore. I didn't do sports to be famous, I did sports because I liked it and I liked winning and even if it's the other side of the coin, there are negative sides that we don't talk about enough yet.”

Laure Manaudou is happy to see athletes better supported

Today, she thinks it's a good thing that athletes are also more supported on a psychological level. According to her, this is essential and we should not underestimate mental health in the performance of athletes.