Europe 1 with AFP 2:32 p.m., November 11, 2021

Accused of rape by a 20-year-old young woman, a police officer from the Yvelines Research and Intervention Brigade (BRI) has been in police custody since Wednesday in Versailles.

The departmental security of Yvelines was in charge of the investigation.

A police officer from the Yvelines Research and Intervention Brigade (BRI) has been in custody since Wednesday in Versailles, accused of rape by a woman, AFP learned Thursday from the Versailles prosecutor, confirming information from the newspaper

The Parisian

.

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A meeting in a bar

The complainant is 20 years old and has filed a rape complaint against this 33-year-old police officer, said the Versailles prosecutor's office, contacted by AFP.

According to a source familiar with the matter, the two people met on Tuesday evening in a bar.

According to

Le Parisien

, they would have flirted before going in the police officer's car.

The complainant claims to have then undergone unwanted digital penetration.

The police officer was taken into custody early Wednesday afternoon.

The departmental security of Yvelines is responsible for the investigation.