Europe 1 with AFP 9:39 p.m., March 29, 2022, modified at 9:45 p.m., March 29, 2022

The former environmentalist secretary of state Jean-Vincent Placé has been in police custody since Monday after the complaint in November by a former collaborator who accuses him of sexual assault and sexual harassment.

He was indicted on Tuesday evening for "sexual assault" and "sexual harassment".

Former Ecologist Secretary of State Jean-Vincent Placé was indicted on Tuesday evening for "sexual assault" and "sexual harassment" after 24 hours in police custody, a source told AFP. judicial.

According to this judicial source, "Jean-Vincent Placé was indicted on counts of sexual assault by a person abusing the authority conferred by his function, sexual assault, and sexual harassment by a person abusing the authority conferred by his function", and placed under judicial control.

A source close to the case indicated that this indictment concerned facts denounced by two complainants. 

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