The director of events for far-right presidential candidate Éric Zemmour, Olivier Ubéda, was heard on Tuesday February 1 in an open hearing as part of the investigation targeting him for "
rape
", AFP learned from sources. consistent.
“
Hearing over.
I arrived free.
I come out free.
No custody.
No indictment
”, announced on his Twitter account Olivier Ubéda shortly after 5 p.m.
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"
The person concerned was heard today in a free hearing and this hearing is over
," the Paris prosecutor's office confirmed to AFP.
According to a source close to the investigation, he was summoned to the premises of the 1st judicial police district on Tuesday for a free hearing.
“
My lawyers are preparing to file a complaint for slanderous denunciation.
Nothing to add.
I have a mission to accomplish.
And I'm going to get down to it
, "added the 51-year-old communicator, who appears in Eric Zemmour's campaign organization chart as "
events director
".
A complaint filed on December 9
An 18-year-old man, who allegedly worked with him as an intern, denounced rapes that allegedly began in the spring of 2021 and continued until the fall, when he filed a complaint, according to BFMTV, which reported revealed the facts. A complaint was filed on December 9 and an investigation was opened the next day for rape. “
I learned the name of the accuser. He
was not an intern
, ”Olivier Ubéda told AFP on Tuesday. It is “
someone I knew but not a collaborator
”, he underlined.
The entourage of the presidential candidate had indicated on Monday that Eric Zemmour and Olivier Ubéda had spoken on the telephone during the day and that the latter remained in office "
for the moment
".
He is in charge of the organization and the scenography of the meetings, like that of December 5 in Villepinte or that planned for Saturday in Lille.
He also does the “
voice over
” for the meetings of the far-right candidate.
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He had already ensured the communication of Éric Zemmour during the pre-campaign of the polemicist, around his book "
France did not say its last word
".
A former member of the UMP, Olivier Ubéda is a well-known figure on the right, for whom he has regularly organized meetings, notably for Nicolas Sarkozy.
