The Italian hotel located near the French border where Gabriel Matzneff took refuge was searched Wednesday in the investigation for " rape of a minor " under the age of 15, which targets the writer.
Gabriel Matzneff, 83, who has taken refuge in Bordighera, on the Ligurian coast, since the start of the affair, is suspected of having taken with him archives useful for the investigation, said a source familiar with the matter. . The search was carried out by the Italian police under the authority of the Genoa public prosecutor's office, in the presence of French investigators from the Central Office for the Suppression of Violence against Persons (OCRVP).
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