This decision, susceptible of appeal, comes to put an end to this file, in which the complainant, Sophie Patterson-Spatz, has accused since 2017 the tenant of Beauvau of rape, sexual harassment and breach of trust, for Facts that would have occurred in Paris in 2009.
Le Monde with AFP
A Parisian investigating judge ordered a dismissal on Friday, July 8 in favor of the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, accused by a rape woman since 2017, learned the France-Presse Agency (AFP) Monday with his lawyers, Mathias Chichportich and Pierre-Olivier on.
“For the fourth time in five years, justice affirms that no reprehensible act can be criticized for Mr. Gérald Darmanin. Two decisions of classification without follow-up, then two non-places orders intervened under the authority Of four different magistrates, including two investigating judges, “they noted. “Our client has always been required not to comment on court decisions and will therefore not make more comments,” added the two advice.
The Minister filed a complaint for slanderous denunciation. This complaint “follows its course”, according to lawyers.
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A judicial source has confirmed to AFP that the non-place order, announced by bfm-tv , had been rendered Friday. This decision, susceptible of appeal, comes to put an end to this very sensitive political file in which the complainant, Sophie Patterson-Spatz, accused the tenant of Beauvau of rape, sexual harassment and breach of trust, for facts which would have occurred in Paris in 2009.
On January 12, the Paris prosecutor’s office had already taken requisitions in favor of a closing of the file without proceedings.
Since his appointment in the summer of 2020, and again during his recent renewal, the presence of Mr. Darmanin in government has been the target of many criticisms, especially in the feminist ranks. The story started in 2009, at the UMP headquarters, ancestor of LR. The complainant addressed the elected official, then project manager at the party’s legal affairs department, to obtain support when she wanted to revise a 2004 conviction for blackmail and malicious calls for a ex-companion.
According to her, Mr. Darmanin would have made him shift his support, by a letter which he undertook to write to the Chancellery, asking him in exchange for sex. According to his story in front of the investigators, M Me Patterson-Spatz had no desire for this sexual relation, would have “panicked”, but would have felt forced to “go to the pan”, having not ” no choice “. A few years later, the complainant ended up analyzing these facts as rape and filed a complaint in June 2017.
The survey followed long procedural problems before resumption of the file in the summer of 2020 by an investigating judge. Neither the complainant nor her lawyer, M e yann the arm, reacted immediately.