Opening of an investigation against Damien Abad weakens his position within government

The Paris prosecutor’s office opened a preliminary investigation for attempted rape against the Minister of Solidarity, after the filing of a complaint by a woman, the third accusing him of sexual assault.

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For more than a month, the question of maintaining the Minister of Solidarity, Autonomy and Disableds, Damien Abad, to the government arises, with the multiplication of rape accusations, attempted rape and sexual assaults against him. The file took thickness after the announcement of the opening of an investigation by the Paris prosecutor’s office on Wednesday, June 29, on the basis of a complaint filed on Monday by a woman for a rape attempt dating back to 2010 .

According to her story, this woman, third to say herself a victim of sexual assault, was then responsible for the youth movement of the new center, which Damien Abad presided over. During a festive evening, he would have tried to isolate her in a room and then forced her to fellatio, forcing him to struggle to escape his grip. Facts that the elected official denies as a whole. His advice, M es Benoît Chabert and Jacqueline Laffont, assure that the investigation should allow their client, who filed a complaint in turn, Thursday, June 30, for “slanderous denunciation”, from ” quickly demonstrate your innocence “.

After saying at first that Mr. Abad did not know this elected official, they explain that “cross -checks” finally allowed him to “identify him”. An “evolution in her statements” that underlines the lawyer of the complainant, M e Raphaële Bialkiewicz. For her, the opening of this investigation is a “very good signal for the victims”, which shows that “you have to speak and not be intimidated”. She assures that her client has “faith in justice” and invites “any person who has been a victim or witness to contact” the Paris prosecutor’s office. In the other two cases, there is no investigation underway at this stage.

“you have to end”

The acceleration of the file could compromise the future to the government of the former member of the Les Républicains party. “If we listen to M me terminal, he must resign!”, Estimated the president of the group La France rebellious in the National Assembly, Mathilde Panot, on Sud Radio, recalling the words of the first Minister, May 22: “I can assure you that if there are new elements, if justice is again seized, we will draw all the consequences of this decision.”

a window Article from Paris Match , published on June 23, reports that, “in private”, M borne “compares it to a ball, hoping that it will resign by itself, by concern for the collective “. Confirmed remarks in the world by an executive advisor, who mentioned the subject with the tenant of Matignon. While a reshuffle of the government is looming for early July, M borne, who had said when he wanted to erect “the fight for the place of women in our society”, is now known private that she wants to take advantage of this opportunity to separate from Damien Abad, accusing him of having complicated his first steps in Matignon.

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