• A young woman, on civic service with the firefighters, lodged a complaint for sexual harassment against one of them.

  • The administration of firefighters takes "this kind of business very seriously" and has carried out an internal investigation.

    This one "did not put forward any sexual harassment".

  • In June and November, eight firefighters were convicted in two separate cases for acts of moral harassment dating back to 2015 and 2016.

You "would be better on all fours than standing";

"I would do well with mouth-to-mouth"… Kenza, 20, told

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to have been the victim of sexual harassment by a marine firefighter from Marseille.

Facts for which the young woman lodged a complaint at the Noailles police station on November 30.

This specifically targets “a firefighter from the Bigue barracks [2nd arrondissement].

He behaved completely out of place, touching me "going so far as to grab" my hand and direct it in the direction of her buttocks ", argues, among others, Kenza in his complaint that

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was able to consult.

A law student for a second first year, she entered civic service last November for eight months with the marine firefighters in order to occupy her second semester, already validated last year.

“I had to get my first aid certificate, take care of cleaning and inventorying the trucks among other things.

“Since the reporting of these facts, the young woman no longer goes to her civic service.

“I had been changed barracks but I'm afraid it will happen again with another firefighter,” she continues.

The internal investigation does not follow up

The firefighters, for their part, launched an internal investigation in which all parties, actors and potential witnesses were heard by the command.

"We obviously take this kind of business very seriously," explains the communication from the firefighters.

“For our part, the procedure is closed, and the internal investigation did not bring forward any cases of sexual harassment.

We keep these elements at the disposal of justice, ”details the military administration.

Contacted, the Marseille prosecutor's office indicated that it had an investigation following this complaint.

"We are now waiting to know if a follow-up will be given, but I know that it is potentially long in the criminal process", comments Neila Majhoub the lawyer for the complainant.

Recent convictions for moral harassment

Last November, two marine firefighters from Marseille were sentenced to six months in prison for moral harassment on a young recruit for acts dating back to 2015. In June, six others were sentenced to terms ranging from five to nine month in prison suspended by the criminal court for acts of moral harassment or willful violence against newly arrived colleagues as part of a "hazing".

Facts again committed between 2015 and 2016.

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