The president of the pro Frexit UPR party, François Asselineau, was taken into custody on Wednesday on charges of moral harassment, sexual harassment and sexual assault, AFP learned from the Paris prosecutor's office, confirming information from Point.
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“
The measure is still in progress,
” this source told AFP.
Mr. Asselineau is in police custody at the Personal Delinquency Repression Brigade (BRDP) of the Paris judicial police, according to another source familiar with the matter.
The Paris prosecutor's office on May 15 opened a preliminary investigation into the counts of “
sexual harassment
” and “
sexual assault
”, entrusted to the BRDP.
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