2023-11-16 20:58:31
The senator (Les Indépendants) of Loire-Atlantique, Joël Guerriau, was placed in police custody on Thursday November 16 in Paris, suspected of having drugged a member of parliament with a view to sexual assault, a appris The world from a source close to the matter, confirming information from RMC.
The Paris public prosecutor’s office confirmed this placement in police custody of Mr. Guerriau for “administering to a person, without his knowledge, a substance likely to impair his discernment or control of his actions to commit rape or assault sexual”, facts which allegedly took place during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday and for which the victim, “a woman filed a complaint”.
Two sources close to the case confirmed to Agence France-Presse (AFP) that this woman is a member of parliament, but the prosecution did not wish to comment on this point.
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The victim would have felt ill after having a drink on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday at the Parisian home of the 66-year-old senator, with whom she does not have an intimate relationship, the public prosecutor confirmed. Samples from her body revealed the presence of ecstasy, the Paris prosecutor’s office further confirmed and the MP subsequently filed a complaint.
According to the prosecution, Mr. Guerriau was arrested Thursday and placed in police custody by investigators from the 3rd judicial police district as part of the investigation opened in flagrante delicacy, a procedure which means that there is no need to request the lifting of of his parliamentary immunity. A search was carried out at the elected official’s home confirmed the presence of ecstasy.
A banker by profession, elected to the High Assembly since 2011, Joël Guerriau is secretary of the Senate and vice-president of the committee on foreign affairs, defense and armed forces. “We are very far from the scabrous interpretation that can be deduced from reading the first press articles”reacted to AFP Me Rémi-Pierre Drai, lawyer for Mr. Guerriau.
The council “outraged to see that elements of the investigation are found in the press”. “So either the prosecution is responsible and that scandalizes me once again, or the prosecution has nothing to do with it and then it must question the identity of the author of this violation and investigate. » “Basically, I will not give any information not only because I am bound by the secrecy of the investigation, but above all out of respect for my client and for the complainant, whose name I am surprised that contrary to to that of my client »added Me Drai.
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