Jérôme Peyrat in Epernay on November 14, 2019. - Jacques Witt / SIPA

Former political adviser Jérôme Peyrat is being prosecuted for domestic violence against his partner and is expected to appear in mid-April before the Angoulême court. The mayor of La Roque-Gageac (Dordogne) had resigned from the office of Emmanuel Macron in early January after the opening of an investigation into these facts.

14 days of ITT

He allegedly struck his partner during a dispute that occurred in a car at La Roque-Gageac on December 30, 2019. She was delivered 14 days of ITT during her examination the same day in the Sarlat emergency room, in particular for "Post-traumatic shock," said the daily Sud Ouest . The Bergerac prosecution had relinquished the case in favor of the Angoulême prosecution.

Jérôme Peyrat, 57, former adviser to presidents Chirac and Sarkozy and director general of the former UMP, former regional elected representative of Aquitaine and mayor since 1995, had resigned on January 6 to the presidency, which had accepted it . Within the political center of the Elysée, he was in particular in charge of relations with local elected officials.

Politics

Councilor Jérôme Peyrat resigns from the office of the president

  • Justice
  • Society
  • Aquitaine
  • Violence against women
  • Domestic violence
  • Bergerac