Anne Hidalgo and Pierre Aidenbaum in July 2020. -

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She came back to the subject.

The mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo evoked this Wednesday a situation "humanly very complicated" for his ex-deputy Pierre Aidenbaum, accused of sexual harassment, by calling for the justice to decide "calmly".

"These are very complicated facts, humanly it is very hard this kind of situation, and I react as a person in charge in this case must react a political leader: when there is a fact which is mentioned to you, you must react. report it to justice, ”she said on

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"Now it is up to justice to decide, the less there will be comments around this work, the better we can move forward," she added.

"We have changed times"

The mayor of Paris underlined that "we have changed times, and that's very good, the voice of women has been freed", and it "leads to what there are many more actions in justice on this type of act.

It is not for me to judge, it is up to the courts, and it will do its job, and do it as calmly as possible, ”she wished.

PS mayor of the 3rd arrondissement of the capital for 25 years, then since July new deputy mayor of Paris, in charge of the Seine, Pierre Aidenbaum is the subject of accusations of sexual harassment from a close collaborator, who led him to resign on Monday.

The Paris city hall announced that it had "immediately" reported these facts to the Paris prosecutor's office which, in the process, confirmed the opening of an investigation for "sexual assault" entrusted to the brigade for the repression of delinquency against the person ( BRDP) of the Parisian PJ.

This is the second resignation against the backdrop of a sexual scandal facing the Paris executive since the establishment of the new municipal team in early July, after that of Christophe Girard, deputy for Culture.

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