Accusations of sexual assault: is the presumption of innocence invoked wrongly and through?

“I will also fight against this disastrous movement which relegates the presumption of innocence to the rank of unimportant old stuff and which makes slander a formidable political weapon in the hands of malevolent spirits”, concluded last Monday Damien Abad, ex-minister des Solidarités, during his transfer of power. Since his appointment on May 20, the latter has been accused of rape and attempted rape by three women whose testimonies were revealed by Mediapart, igniting social networks. He is far from the first in this situation.