Three new complaints for "rape in meetings" and "aggravated rape" were filed against the specialist in endometriosis Emile Daraï, told
Le Figaro
the lawyer of the plaintiffs Me My-Kim Yang Paya, confirming information from France Info.
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The practitioner was already the subject of two complaints for "rape in assembly" and "rape by authority on a minor over 15 years".
A judicial inquiry was opened after the opening of an internal investigation at Tenon hospital.
Other complaints soon to be filed
"
Since last week, I have received about two requests for filing a complaint per day concerning this doctor
", explains to
Figaro
Me Yang Paya, who filed on October 18 and November 4 three new complaints for "rape" against Emile Daraï . "
Women prefer to go through a lawyer rather than going to the police station,
" continues the lawyer, stressing that all the victims she represents are adults. Some of them also assured him that they had been touched not only by the doctor in question but also by "
interns, hence the qualification of 'gang rape'
". Other complaints would be about to be filed, says the lawyer.
At the beginning of October, when asked about the first complaint filed, the Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) assured
Le Figaro
"to
take these accusations very seriously
".
Emile Daraï had for his part indicated via the Tenon hospital "to
contest the facts of which he is accused and to challenge comments he considers defamatory
".
According to France Info, the latter was deprived on October 8 of his functions as head of the gynecological service at Tenon hospital.