Overview

• The doctor was placed in pretrial detention on August 7 after a judicial indictment for rape and sexual assault abusing his professional authority.
• A 40-year-old patient alleges that during a July 31 work-medicine exam he palpated her breasts, inserted fingers into her vagina and attempted anal penetration before she left the office.
• Investigators revived a 2013 complaint by a 42-year-old patient who accused the physician of digital penetration in a 2011 exam after the original inquiry was closed in 2015 for insufficient evidence.
• The Senlis prosecutor’s office opened the criminal inquiry under France’s aggravated-authority statute and tasked local police in Méru and Creil with collecting evidence.
• The doctor denies all allegations and remains presumed innocent as the probe continues, and France Victimes 60 is providing legal and psychological support to the patients.