An investigation was opened after a report from the President of the Senate Gérard Larcher. This report was issued after an article in Le Canard chainé on February 7 mentioning “ a sex tape” involving “a senator ” The investigations were entrusted to the Brigade for the suppression of delinquency committed against persons of the Parisian judicial police.
Investigators will look into facts likely to fall under three offenses punishable by two years of imprisonment and a fine of 60,000 euros.