Europe 1 with AFP 5:30 p.m., September 29, 2022
The Nanterre prosecutor's office has indicated that the president of the National Cinema Center (CNC) Dominique Boutonnat will be tried before a criminal court for sexual assault in 2020 on his godson.
He will have to appear before a criminal court because the qualification of "attempted rape" was not retained.
The president of the National Cinema Center (CNC) Dominique Boutonnat will be tried before a criminal court for sexual assault in 2020 on his godson, the Nanterre prosecution told AFP, confirming information from France info.
Dominique Boutonnat, now 52, will have to appear before a criminal court and not before an assize court, where the penalties incurred are heavier, because the qualification of "attempted rape" was not retained.
Contacted, his lawyer could not be reached immediately.
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