Paris CNN —A French senator has been placed under formal investigation over suspicions that he drugged a member of parliament with the intention to sexually abuse her, the senator’s lawyer and the Paris prosecutor’s office said.
In a separate statement, Guerriau denied the charges.
It was not clear why Josso was in the senator’s flat at the time of the alleged incident.
The Paris prosecutor confirmed late on Friday that an investigation has been opened, adding that Guerriau had been placed under judicial control and is not allowed to contact Josso or witnesses.
A spokesman for the senator’s conservative Horizons party, which is also part of French President Emmanuel Macron’s ruling coalition, told Radio France Info on Saturday that Guerriau had been suspended with immediate effect.
Persons:
Paris CNN —, Joel Guerriau, Sandrine Josso, ”, Remi, Pierre Drai, Guerriau, Josso’s, Julia Minkowski, Emmanuel Macron’s
Organizations:
Paris CNN, Paris, Conservative, Reuters, BFM, Horizons, Radio France
Locations:
French, Paris