23 This statement was made in the same terms as the previously mentioned one. g) Testimony of Frederique Tibi, current common-law spouse of Daniel Tibi She met Daniel Tibi in September 1999. After several months, she decided to live with him. At the time, Daniel talked to her constantly about what happened to him in Ecuador and some of his hopes of rebuilding his life and recovering his property. He also stated to her that he planned to write a book and make a movie. Over the years, she has noticed that Mr. Tibi’s mental and emotional state has worsened. Sometimes he is irritable and others he is euphoric. Due to the above, she feels that she is living with two different persons. While Daniel Tibi was in prison, he took on certain behaviors and habits that he still retains, such as accumulating things around his bed, getting angry often, and having violent outbursts that have caused problems to the witness and the children. Given the mentality of French society, Mr. Tibi’s image has been damaged by the time he spent in prison. Currently, she is afraid that Daniel Tibi may hurt himself. She is aware that he has stomach cancer, and she feels that he is discouraged. h) Testimony of Blandine Pelissier, a friend of Mr. Tibi She has known Daniel Tibi and his family since 1980. Since then, they have had a close friendship. Before traveling to Ecuador, Mr. Tibi was a happy, optimistic, adventurous person; he liked to enjoy life and was generous, helpful, trusting, and loved by people. He had a natural talent to fix things with his hands and he was kind to children. In 1997, she heard that Daniel Tibi had been imprisoned in Ecuador. When Tibi returned to France, he was extremely thin, the left side of his face was injured, his cheekbone was sunken, his left eye was asymmetrical in regards to the right eye, and he also had multiple cigar burns on his arms and legs. Mr. Tibi is no longer the same person she met years ago. She finds that he was mentally and emotionally affected by his incarceration in Ecuador. i) Testimony of Eric Orhand, a friend of Daniel Tibi In 1986, while he was working at a ski resort in France, he met Daniel Tibi and became his friend. Daniel was an enthusiastic and happy person, extroverted and generous; he treated others very well, and it was therefore easy for him to make friends. The witness viewed the alleged victim as a person who was very close to his family, with warm relations with his siblings and his mother. He went with Mr. Tibi when he moved to Ecuador. For several weeks they visited various parts of the country. Afterwards, the witness returned to France. Between 1992 and 1995, he saw the alleged victim a couple of times, when he traveled to France on vacations.