Europe 1 with AFP 08:01, March 6, 2024
LFI MP Ersilia Soudais filed a complaint of rape against her spouse.
Damien Cassé, municipal councilor and LFI activist, was arrested Tuesday afternoon at his home by the police and placed in police custody.
The latter disputes the facts.
La France insoumise calls for respecting the privacy of the MP.
The spouse of LFI MP Ersilia Soudais was placed in police custody after she filed a rape complaint, the Meaux prosecutor told AFP on Tuesday, confirming information from Le Parisien.
Damien Cassé, municipal councilor in Noisiel (Seine-et-Marne) and also LFI activist, was arrested Tuesday afternoon at his home by the police, according to the Ile-de-France daily.
In the evening, his lawyer Me Yassine Bouzrou told AFP that his “client strongly contests the accusations brought against him.”
LFI calls for “respect for the privacy of Ersilia Soudais”
Me Jade Dousselin, counsel for the 35-year-old parliamentarian, welcomes "the great speed of justice in this case, which demonstrates, if necessary, that it took the full measure of the seriousness of the facts denounced.
“We now hope that all light will be shed in calm and respect for the secrecy of the investigation,” added the lawyer for the elected representative of Seine-et-Marne.
For its part, La France insoumise said it called for “respect for the intimacy and private life of Ersilia Soudais”, while giving her “total support”.
The movement was indignant at the revelation of the complaint in the press, "without the consent of the victim", which would amount to "a second violence".
“How can women victims of violence still have the confidence to file a complaint, if this complaint is immediately brought before the whole of France,” LFI asked in particular in a press release.