Overview
- The Paris criminal court opened proceedings Monday against Alex Ursulet over an alleged sexual assault at his office in 2018, a charge he denies, with a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison if convicted.
- The former trainee has described coercive behavior escalating from a work lunch and taxi ride to non-consensual digital penetration once they were alone at the firm.
- Ursulet rejects the accusation as a setup, and defense witnesses, including his wife, maintain the lunch carried no sexual undertone.
- Court-appointed experts told judges the complainant appears credible and consistent and reported narcissistic personality traits in the defendant.
- The trial is set to run four days, with Ursulet’s detailed questioning on the facts scheduled for Friday and a decision expected by the end of the week.