The mayor of Nazelle-Négron (Indre-et-Loire), Richard Chatellier, was indicted and remanded in custody for "rape and sexual assault" on four young girls aged 14 to 17, Le Figaro told
Le
Figaro
. public prosecutor of Indre-et-Loire Grégoire Dulin, confirming information from
La Nouvelle République
.
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A preliminary investigation entrusted to the Research Brigade of the Compagnie de la Gendarmerie de Tours had been opened at the end of last year, following a report from the Departmental Council.
A judicial investigation was finally opened on April 8, 2022.
"Host family"
The facts would have been committed between 2013 and 2022, on four teenagers placed in “
foster family
” with the Chatellier spouses.
At the time of the events, the victims were respectively 14, 15, 16 and 17 years old.
Placed in police custody on April 6, Richard Chatellier disputed all the facts of which he was accused, specifies the prosecution.
His wife, for her part, was heard as a witness.
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This mayor is accused of "rape of a minor by a person in authority", "sexual assault on a minor under the age of 15", "sexual assault on a minor over the age of 15 by a person in authority", "sexual assault by a person in authority “, “corruption of a minor under the age of 15”, “corruption of a minor over the age of 15” and “violence against a vulnerable person”.
In accordance with the requisitions of the prosecution, he was placed in pre-trial detention by the judge of freedoms and detention.