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Fresh 2022 Drugging Testimony Intensifies Case Against Senator Guerriau

An anonymous witness recounted an alleged May 2022 assault to investigators despite not filing a formal complaint.

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Le sénateur Joël Guerriau.
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Overview

  • Prosecutors asked a court in April to try Guerriau for allegedly drugging deputy Sandrine Josso in November 2023.
  • An anonymous woman described feeling drugged and assaulted at the senator’s Paris apartment in May 2022 during an interview on France 2’s Complément d’enquête.
  • The witness has spoken to investigators without submitting a formal complaint, raising questions about further legal steps.
  • Since his indictment and placement under judicial supervision, Guerriau has been suspended from the Horizons party and his parliamentary group.
  • Guerriau’s lawyer insists that any incidents stemmed from an “error of manipulation” and rejects the new allegations as unfounded.