The new Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau announced Wednesday the opening of an investigation after receiving complaints from people claiming to have been drugged without their knowledge in bars and nightclubs in France, where the movement "
Balance your bar
" is emerging.
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A number of complaints have been received at the prosecution.
We currently have nine complaints,
”said Laure Beccuau at RTL's microphone.
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We have started these investigations since November 8,
" she said.
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What we are in the process of accomplishing are all the toxicological analyzes of the complainants in order to find out if they were indeed victims of what is called the administration of substances without consent.
This means that the perpetrators can incur very significant penalties
, ”she said, confirming that an investigation had been launched.
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For the moment, it is entrusted to the competent police stations.
But it is not excluded that the judicial police services, if the phenomenon develops, be seized quickly,
”she added.
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Numerous testimonies have been published on social networks for the past month, people saying they were assaulted after being drugged without their knowledge in bars and nightclubs, with the hashtag balancetonbar.
In office since September, Laure Beccuau is the first woman to head the Paris prosecutor's office, one of the most sensitive positions in the judiciary.