Europe 1 with AFP 6:07 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 must be presented this Tuesday at the end of the afternoon to an examining magistrate, according to a judicial source.
The former environmentalist secretary of state Jean-Vincent Placé, in police custody since Monday after the complaint in November from a former collaborator who accuses him of sexual assault and sexual harassment, must be presented this Tuesday at the end of afternoon to an investigating judge, said a judicial source.
The Paris prosecutor's office on Tuesday opened a judicial investigation "of the counts of sexual assault and sexual harassment by a person abusing the authority conferred by his function" as well as for "sexual assault", said this source.
Already sentenced in 2021 for similar facts
The complainant, as well as former collaborators of elected environmentalists, have since been heard by investigators, according to sources familiar with the matter.
In March 2021, Jean-Vincent Placé was fined for sexual harassment of a gendarme responsible for his security.
In September 2018, he was also given a three-month suspended prison sentence and a fine of 1,000 euros for violence and insults during a party where he admitted having been "extremely insistent" and "moved" with a client.