75 years old, the business manager was indicted after a preliminary investigation opened in mid-March, with five other people.
Le Monde with AFP
The boss of the Insurance insurance brokerage group 2000 Jacques Bouthier, indicted and imprisoned Saturday in an investigation for “deals with human beings” and “rape on minor”, resigned from his mandate as president, said Tuesday May 24 the group, renamed Vilavi in January.
“The Vilavi group takes note of the announcement of the resignation of Jacques Bouthier of its mandate as president, and of all its activities and responsibilities within the company,” he said, adding that the Operational and commercial conduct is currently “provided by the team in place”.
75 years old, the business manager was indicted after a preliminary investigation opened in mid-March, with five other people “as part of an open judicial information on Saturday ( …) Heads of trafficking in human beings with regard to minor and attempt, rape on minor over 15 years old, recourse to prostitution of a minor “and” sexual assault on minor under 15 ” , said on Monday judicial sources and close to the file to AFP, confirming Information from RTL.
A young woman “captive” for 5 years
According to a source close to the file quoted by the radio, a 22 -year -old woman introduced herself to the Parisian police in March, explaining that for five years she was “captive” of a wealthy man who raped her. Becoming, according to him, “too old for him”, the young woman would have been forced to find a “replacement”. A 14 -year -old teenager then took her place in the apartment. The complainant managed to film them together in a bed, before entrusting the video to the investigators.
The CEO is suspected of having wanted to set up a team to remove the young woman, seize the video and force her to leave France, adds RTL. For this, the septuagenarian would have asked his wife, two employees of his company, a young woman close to the complainant, as well as a former gendarme member of the GIGN. All were indicted and imprisoned on Saturday.
Founded in 1975 by Mr. Bouthier who has held it since, Assurance 2000 who has become Vilavi presents himself as the “first broker expert in insurance and credit dedicated to individuals in France” and claims 1,800 employees, 163 million euros turnover and nearly 550,000 insured customers.