A former trainer of the Red Cross in the Hauts-de-Seine is referred to the Nanterre correctional court, judged in particular for “
sexual assault
” and “
sexual harassment
” on young volunteers of the association, learned Monday August 30 AFP from a source close to the case.
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He is being prosecuted for "
corruption of a 15-year-old minor
", "
sexual assault by a person in authority
", "
sexual harassment
" and "
malicious telephone calls
", according to the referral order consulted by AFP and confirming information from
France Inter
.
The 39-year-old man, who was training other volunteers in first aid, is suspected of touching and texting harassment of seven young men, aged 17 to 19, in 2012 and then from 2017 to 2019. All described "
With precision the operation of the grip and mechanisms
" used by the defendant, then team leader, who acted as "
a mentor
" on the victims, according to the order.
Four former volunteers and the Red Cross joined in as a civil party.
The four young people confided in March 2019 to the local director of the association, in Antony (Hauts-de-Seine), who reported the facts to the police.
The individual already convicted in 2008
The trainer, who partially acknowledged the facts during the investigation, had been indicted for sexual assault by a person in authority and sexual harassment in June 2019. After being placed in pre-trial detention, he has now been under judicial supervision since February 2020.
"
Many witnesses have declared that in the presence of a clear refusal, my client showed no insistence, the judges will therefore have to question the plaintiffs on the ambiguous attitude they had towards my client
" , reacted his lawyer, Me Sahand Saber.
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He had already been sentenced in 2008 to an eight-month suspended prison sentence for “
capturing with a view to disseminating a pornographic image of a minor
”.
He was banned for 10 years from working with minors.
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