The historic mayor of Issy-les-Moulineaux, in the Hauts-de-Seine, André Santini is the subject of two complaints from two town hall employees for “sexual assault” and “sexual and moral harassment”, indicates the prosecution of Nanterre, confirming a . These two complaints against the elected 81-year-old were filed Friday before the Nanterre prosecutor’s office and are “currently under study”, confirmed the prosecution.
According The worldhis former chief of staff and a former bailiff accuse André Santini of harassment and sexual assault, facts dating in particular from 2021 and 2022. Former Secretary of State for the Civil Service (2007-2009) and ex-MP, André Santini (1988-2017) has been UDI mayor of Issy-les-Moulineaux, a town of nearly 70,000 inhabitants in south-west Paris, since 1980. He is also vice-president of Greater Paris and boss of the Syndicat des eaux d’ Ile-de-France since 1983.
Two complainants dismissed from the town hall
“I have known André Santini for seventeen years, we have never had any complaint lodged against him on the behavior attributed to him”, reacts the mayor’s lawyer, Me Marc Bellanger, specifying that he is not aware of the details of the charges. “I think this is a revenge campaign by these agents vis-à-vis the mayor, with whom there is a dispute. They are not happy with their administrative situation and have filed a complaint, ”continued Me Bellanger.
“I naturally deny having engaged in any behavior as described in the complaints. In forty years of good and loyal service, I have never been imputed or accused of such behavior”, André Santini himself replied to the World. According The worldthe two complainants were dismissed by the mayor in mid-May, officially for “breaking the bonds of trust necessary for our collaboration”.