Europe 1 with AFP 6:59 p.m., July 13, 2022

Sophie Patterson-Spatz, the woman who has accused Gérald Darmanin of rape since 2017, appealed Wednesday against the dismissal order signed Friday in favor of the Minister of the Interior, her lawyer told AFP.

Sophie Patterson-Spatz, the woman who has accused Gérald Darmanin of rape since 2017, appealed Wednesday against the dismissal order signed Friday in favor of the Minister of the Interior, her lawyer told AFP.

"Far from any relentlessness or any revenge, Ms. Patterson simply wants to finally obtain justice and strongly disputes the merits of this order. She has therefore instructed my firm to appeal it, which was done today" , writes Me Elodie Tuaillon-Hibon in a press release to AFP.

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