The political scientist Olivier Duhamel, heard Tuesday, April 13 as a witness in the context of the investigation for sexual assaults accused by his son-in-law when he was a child, admitted the facts, we learned Wednesday from a source close to the file.
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Olivier Duhamel acknowledged the facts "with
difficulty
" during his hearing before the brigade for the protection of minors (BPM) in charge of the case, revealed in early January by Camille Kouchner, his daughter-in-law, in his book
La Familia grande
.
The Paris prosecutor's office had opened a preliminary investigation on January 5 after the revelations of sexual assault and possibly rape involving the constitutionalist Olivier Duhamel against one of the Kouchner children. The aim was twofold: to shed light on the facts in order to discover possible new victims and to check the limitation periods.
