A woman has sued Damien Abad, claiming he tried to rape her during a party at his home in Paris.
French prosecutors have launched an investigation into him Minister of Solidarity Damien Abad, after a woman filed a lawsuit against him, claiming that he tried to rape her.
The lawsuit was filed on Monday by the woman, who claims that Abad tried to rape her during a party he held at his home in Paris in the first quarter of 2010.
The testimony of this woman, who uses the nickname “Leticia”, was published in mid-June by the research website Mediapart. According to this source, this is an “elected” who is close to the center and, at the time of the events he complains about, he was the president of a federation of the youth movement of the “New Center”. The president of the “New Center” was then Abad, who had been elected MEP.
The minister’s lawyer, Benoit Samper, told the station BFMTV that “the facts described in the article are false” and that his client is “completely innocent”.
On Monday, the minister once again disputed the allegations and announced that he would file a defamation suit himself.
“This is an attempt to intimidate the other victims,” ​​said Rafael Bialkievic, the prosecutor’s lawyer.
“Leticia” is the third woman to accuse the minister of sexual assault. On May 20, a day after he was appointed Minister of Solidarity, Autonomy and Disability, two women accused him of raping them in 2010 and 2011. One of them had previously filed two lawsuits, which were filed without a follow-up. Regarding the second complaint, the Paris prosecutor’s office stated that they could not conduct an investigation due to lack of information that would allow “the victim of the reported events to be identified”.
In 2012, Abad became the first disabled member of parliament in France National Assembly. He suffers from a rare syndrome, arthritis, which is characterized by contractions of the joints and restricts the patient’s movement.
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