A French senator was arrested this Thursday in Paris on suspicion of having drugged a deputy to sexually assault heras reported to the agency AFP a source close to the case, confirming information from the radio RMC.
Joel Guerriau He was arrested for “administering to a person, without their knowledge, a substance that seeks to impair their judgment or control of their actions in order to commit rape or sexual assault,” confirmed the Prosecutor’s Office of the French capital.
The events took place early Wednesday morning and the victim “filed a complaint”he added.
Guerriau, a banker by profession, was elected senator in 2011 and serves as secretary of the upper house and vice president of the Foreign Relations, Defense and Armed Forces Commission.
The 66-year-old politician is a member of the group Les Indépendants (center-right) for a department in western France.
Two sources close to the case confirmed to AFP that the victim is a deputy.
The prosecution refused to comment on this point, but explained that the victim felt bad after having a drink at the Parisian home of the senator, with whom she does not have intimate relations.
The Public Ministry indicated that the samples taken revealed the presence of ecstasy in her body and that the woman later filed a complaint.
According to the prosecution, the type of open investigation does not require the lifting of the senator’s parliamentary immunity.
RMC He pointed out that searches were carried out at the legislator’s home, where investigators found ecstasy, and in his office, points that were confirmed by the prosecutor’s office.
The alleged crime for which the senator has been arrested, supplying a person with substances that alter their judgment to commit a sexual assault- It can mean a sentence of up to five years in prison and a fine of 75,000 euros.
Neither the Senate nor its president, Gerard Larcherhave so far issued reactions to this case.
(With information from AFP and EFE)
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