Court of Cassation confirms the dismissal of the case in favor of the Minister of the Interior. Sophie Patterson-Spatz, 52, has accused Gérald Darmanin of raping her in 2009 since spring 2017.

She contacted him as a project manager in the legal affairs department of the UMP (now LR) to obtain support in the review of a conviction in 2005 for blackmail and malicious calls against a former companion. Both admit to having had sexual intercourse, but she believes she was forced to “go to the pan”