German journalist Ann Kathrin Stracke, who filed a complaint against Valéry Giscard d'Estaing for sexual assault, told Europe 1 the circumstances of their meeting. The reporter for the regional public television channel WRD says she felt "humiliated" by the hands with the repeated buttocks that the former President of the Republic would have inflicted on her in December 2018, according to her.
“I did the interview in French, it went well. After the interview, I asked for a photo of the team with Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. His employee, who was in the room with us, took the photo, and Valéry Giscard d'Estaing put his hand on my waist, then slipped it on my left buttock. We asked for a second photo, and he did it again. Like the first time, I tried to push his hand away, but I did not succeed. I really felt like he insisted, ”says Ann Kathrin Stracke to Europe 1.
"I felt humiliated"
She continues her story by explaining that after that, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing would have had, for the third time, inappropriate gestures: “He wanted to show me photos that were on the wall. He put his hand on my waist and my butt again. I tried to extricate myself, but I did not succeed. I can't say what's going on in his head at that time. I turned to my colleagues, I signaled to them that I was in a degrading situation, I was very uncomfortable. I felt humiliated. "
A complaint against the former head of state was filed on March 10, an investigation was opened this week by the Paris prosecutor's office.
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