Police illustration. - Elisa Frisullo / 20 Minutes

The facts of which he is suspected would have occurred in 2019 and in 2020. A police officer on duty at the departmental public security department of the Rhône (DDSP) was arrested and is currently in police custody on Tuesday as part of suspicions of '' sexual assault on a minor.

An investigation is carried out by the General Institute of the National Police (IGPN) concerning this police officer into acts of sexual attacks on a minor aged over 15 years committed by a person abusing the authority conferred on him by his functions and sexual harassment, told 20 Minutes the floor of Lyon, confirming a report by RTL.

The teenager who was assaulted by the police last year and in 2020 is 17 years old, adds the prosecution. According to RTL, the police officer is notably suspected of having brought the boy to his workplace to abuse him.

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