Overview
- Paris prosecutors placed the officers under formal investigation for rape and sexual assault by abuse of authority and a judge ordered their pretrial detention.
- The men, reported to be 35 and 23, acknowledge sexual relations with the 26-year-old complainant but maintain they were consensual.
- The alleged assaults occurred overnight on October 28–29 in the tribunal dépôt at Bobigny, where the woman was being held.
- The IGPN has taken over the investigation, and the Interior Minister condemned the alleged acts and confirmed the officers’ immediate suspension.
- A four-second clip showing a sexual act was recovered from one officer’s phone, a notable element given that dépôt cells lack cameras while corridors are monitored.