Complaint against Damien Abad: investigation opened for attempted rape – archyde

Two days after the filing of a complaint against the Minister of Solidarity Damien Abad, the Paris prosecutor’s office opens this Wednesday a preliminary investigation targeting him for attempted rape. Information that Le Parisien was able to confirm. The complaint had been filed Monday against the deputy of Ain, who replied by announcing in turn a complaint for slanderous denunciation. The testimony of this woman had been published by Mediapart in mid-June under the assumed name of “Laëtitia “. According to the investigation site, the complainant is an “elected centrist”, who accuses the minister of having tried to rape her during a party organized at his home in Paris in the first half of 2010. At the time of the events that she denounces, Laëtitia was president of a federation of the youth movement of the New Center, of which Damien Abad, then European deputy, was the national president. Solicited by AFP, the complainant’s lawyer had not responded at the end of the day. “If justice is seized, we will draw all the consequences of this decision” “He does not see who it is “, declared Tuesday on BFMTV his lawyer Me Benoît Chabert, affirming that his client was “totally innocent”. “The facts that are mentioned in a press article are false and he disputes them firmly”. Asked by AFP, Me Chabert did not wish to speak. “Once again, I strongly contest any accusation of attempted rape or sexual assault, said the minister on Monday in a written statement sent to the press. I will not leave these false and outrageous accusations unanswered. From that day, I asked my lawyers to file a complaint for slanderous denunciation. “This investigation targeting a minister puts the government in difficulty: at the end of May, when the accusations of sexual violence broke out at the time of her first Council of Ministers, Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne had assured: “If there are new elements, if justice is seized again, we will draw all the consequences of this decision”.