Vile ‘seduction coach’ facing ban from UK
A ‘SEDUCTION artist’ accused of encouraging violence against women was last night facing being banned from Britain.
Julien Blanc runs a ‘ pick up’ company that claims to teach men to seduce women.
Critics say his methods, such as threatening to commit suicide and isolating women from friends, are abusive and controlling.
He is due to run a seminar in Britain next week, but more than 136,000 people signed a petition for him to be refused a visa.
Now Home Secretary Theresa May is expected to intervene.
Last week a minister in her department, Lib Dem Lynne Featherstone, said that she was lobbying Mrs May to ban him, adding that she was ‘ extremely concerned by [his] sexist and utterly abhorrent statements’.
Footage has emerged of Mr Blanc, 25, using racist language and grabbing women by the throat. One Twitter post says: ‘Dear girls, could you please save me the effort and roofie [spike] your own drink? #JustKidding.’
His website says men can ‘shortcircuit’ a woman’s ‘logical mind’ to get her into bed. A YouTube video shows him on the streets of Tokyo grabbing women and pushing their heads into his groin.
He also reposted a chart used by support groups to identify signs of domestic abuse with the words: ‘ May as well be a checklist. #HowToMakeHerStay.’
US-based Mr Blanc had to leave Australia last week when his visa was cancelled, and a similar campaign has been mounted to bar him from Canada. The woman behind the UK petition, using the pseudonym Caroline Charles, said: ‘To allow someone into the UK who is explicitly promoting these things is abysmal.’
Mr Blanc, who charges £1,200 for a three- day course, is due to host events in Britain on November 27 and December 19, with 11 more next year. His team did not respond to requests for comment.