Jean-Vincent Placed indicted for “sexual assault”

Jean-Vincent Placé, former environmentalist secretary of state, was indicted on Tuesday evening for “sexual assault” and ” sexual harassment “ after twenty-four hours in police custody, a judicial source told Agence France-Presse.

According to the latter, “Jean-Vincent Placé was indicted on counts of sexual assault by a person abusing the authority conferred by his function, sexual assault and sexual harassment by a person abusing the authority conferred by his function”, and placed under judicial control. A source familiar with the matter clarified that this indictment concerned facts denounced by two complainants.