Two investigations were opened in 2019 and 2021 into suspicions of sexual assault and rape involving teachers at the famous L'Atelier de Sèvres art school in Paris, AFP learned Monday, December 20 from the prosecution. , confirming information from Mediapart.
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"
An investigation was opened of the counts of sexual harassment and sexual assault in August 2019
" and the investigations were entrusted to the 3rd district of judicial police (DPJ), indicated the Paris prosecutor's office, requested by AFP.
Another investigation, entrusted to the 1st DJP, "
of the rape charge was opened in April 2021
", added the prosecution, specifying that the two investigations were "
still ongoing
".
A teacher would be affected by the two investigations, according to a source close to the file.
This professor and another person were taken into custody as part of the second investigation, then released, without prosecution at this stage, added the source familiar with the case, without specifying the date.
Five professors laid off
According to Mediapart, the private school had launched in April and May 2019 a survey "
after the departure, in 2018, of the then direction of the Atelier de Sèvres
" and collected "
the testimonies of ten students
" . Five teachers had been laid off, then four dismissed from school in July 2019 for "
serious misconduct
", specifies the investigative media. Three of them have initiated industrial proceedings, it is stressed.
According to Mediapart, the facts denounced by the students had been transmitted to justice on the basis of article 40 of the code of criminal procedure, which allows any authority or any official to report to justice a crime or an offense brought to his attention. awareness.
Two teachers and a steward, targeted by the accusations of female students, denied the facts to the investigative media.
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L'Atelier de Sèvres is a private higher education institution, founded in 1979, which prepares "
students for the success of competitive higher education schools, public and private, in France and internationally
", according to the website .
The establishment, located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, belongs to the Galileo group.