According to her account, Mediapart published Tuesday, Damien Abad (Minister of Solidarity), is being targeted for new allegations. She was already accused of sexual violence.
Damien Abad is running for a new mandate on Sunday as a deputy in Ain. He denounces our Progress colleagues as "relentless, a real hunt" and says so. He said, "Faced by this proven attempt to political destabilization," he added. The Minister expressed regret at "an investigation that is only based on anonymous accusations" but "categorically discredits the reported allegations".
He also condemned the "carefully selected schedule of these publications" as well as the "partiality of the Mediapart investigation, which, he claims, has a "political motive".
"Laetitia", a "centrist elected officer", claims that Damien Abad tried to rape her at a party he hosted in Paris in the first quarter of 2010. Me Raphaele Bialkiewicz his lawyer told Mediapart she was going to the "collection and cross-checking elements, with the view to providing all of the follow-ups".
Laetitia recalls that Damien Abad offered her a glass at the bottom of which she "saw something". She then went to the toilet and spit it out. According to the woman's story, Damien Abad waited for her at the door. Everything went "very quickly." The MEP would have "pushed" her into the opposite room and then attempted to force her to get a fellatio. "I was afraid, I was shocked. She says that she struggled and hit him in his stomach. "Laetitia" claims that she was finally able "get rid" of her attacker and left the room due to the intrusion of a guest.
Mediapart claims that she has spoken to eight people who have testified about the facts this woman reported.
These accusations follow those made by online media on May 20th, the day following the appointment of Damien Abad Minister of Solidarity, Autonomy, and Disabled People. Two women, quoted in Mediapart, have accused Abad of rapes in 2010 and 2011.
According to the Paris prosecutor's Office, one of them - who confirmed her story with AFP - had filed a complaint twice. However, these complaints were first dismissed in 2012 and then again in 2017 for "deficiency" and "lack of sufficient serious infringement". The other accuser was also a witness. Her testimony was sent to the Observatory of sexist or sexual violence on May 25, but the prosecution said that it would not open a preliminary investigation. These accusations were made because there was no "element that would allow the identification of the victim".
