A week after leaving the government, former Secretary of State Nathalie Elimas, accused of harassment by several ex-collaborators and who is the subject of a report to the courts, announced on Saturday that she had filed a complaint for slanderous denunciation. .

"Given the importance of this case, I decided to defend myself and take a first step, by filing a complaint for slanderous denunciation," she said in an SMS to AFP.

“For several weeks now, I have been smeared and slandered in the media, which has taken up accusations that seriously undermine my honor and my dignity,” she explained.

Internal reports of harassment and abuse

The complaint was filed Friday afternoon at the police station in Enghien-les-Bains (Val-d'Oise).

The Paris public prosecutor's office, for its part, confirmed the information from

Mediapart

according to which the General Inspectorate for Higher Education and Research (IGESR) had sent it a report concerning Nathalie Elimas, received on Thursday and currently "in the process of to analyse ".

AFP revealed in mid-January that the then Secretary of State for Priority Education was the subject of an administrative investigation by the IGESR after internal reports of "dysfunctions" within her cabinet. relating to "labour relations".

Several sources had indicated that Nathalie Elimas was accused of acts of “harassment”, even of “abuse”, on collaborators.

All preferred to remain anonymous.

“Serious” and “overwhelming” facts

At least three sources had also stressed that the employment within the cabinet of a very close friend of the former Secretary of State, described by one of these sources as "untouchable", would be one of the aspects of this administrative investigation.

Nathalie Elimas said, two days later, "victim of a very violent attack".

The Elysée announced on March 5 that the former secretary of state was leaving the government.

In mid-February, an internal pre-report was submitted to Jean Castex.

According to two sources, the testimonies targeting Nathalie Elimas were "concordant", but also "serious" and "overwhelming".

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