Europe 1 with AFP 2:23 p.m., February 14, 2024
The Court of Cassation validated on Wednesday the dismissal of the case in favor of Gérald Darmanin, by dismissing the appeal filed by Sophie Patterson-Spatz, who accused him of having raped her in 2009.
The Court of Cassation on Wednesday rejected the appeal filed by Sophie Patterson-Spatz, who accuses Gérald Darmanin of having raped her in 2009, making definitive the dismissal rendered in favor of the Minister of the Interior in this case. After investigations closed three times and procedural disputes, Sophie Patterson-Spatz obtained the appointment of an investigating judge in 2020. Gérald Darmanin, who contests the accusations, was not indicted and the magistrate dismissed the case in his favor in 2022, confirmed on appeal the following year.
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