The equation got a little more complicated on Wednesday for Elisabeth Borne with the opening of an investigation for attempted rape against Minister Damien Abad, while she must also decide whether or not to take the risk of soliciting trust. deputies.
An investigation for attempted rape was opened after a woman filed a complaint against the Minister of Solidarity, said the Paris prosecutor’s office. The complainant accuses the minister of having tried to rape her during a party organized in Paris in 2010, according to a source familiar with the matter.
The testimony of this woman had been published by Mediapart in mid-June under the assumed name of “Laëtitia”. According to the investigation site, it is a “centrist elected official” who was, at the time of the facts she denounces, president of a federation of the youth movement of the New Center, including Damien Abad, then MEP , was the national president.