Affected by complaints of sexual assault or rape, Marc Bozzetto, pioneer in the teaching of osteopathy and founder of the renowned Atman center in Valbonne on the Côte d'Azur, has withdrawn from the school, announced the latter Friday February 19.
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Marc Bozzetto, 80, is the target of four complaints for sexual assault or rape which led to the opening of a judicial investigation by the prosecutor's office in Grasse.
At least two other complaints are raised by the local daily
Nice-Matin
.
Since the start of the procedure revealed in 2018, he had already taken a step back from the establishment and only provided a few lessons there occasionally, which he will no longer do, said his current manager, Georges Lendel.
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The climate is beginning to weigh on the students and he made this decision, which we accepted, so that there is no confusion between the school and this affair,
" added Georges Lendel.
The Atman school, which trains around 300 students in five years, is presented as the first holistic osteopathy campus in France.
Based in the Sophia Antipolis technopole, it was created in 1980 by Bozzetto, at the beginning of osteopathy.
