The case had caused an outcry in September 2020. Opened after the complaint of a student who said that she had been attacked by three men in Strasbourg because she was wearing a skirt, the investigation was finally "
closed
", we were told. learned Tuesday, May 10 from the prosecution.
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It was "
classified without follow-
up " for the reason "
unknown author
", told AFP a spokesperson for the Strasbourg prosecutor's office, confirming information from
Rue89 Strasbourg
.
The date of the classification has not been specified, the public prosecutor, Yolande Renzi, not wishing to communicate "
other elements on this file
", it was added.
Right eye swollen, this 22-year-old student, named Elisabeth, had detailed in September 2020 her attack on social networks and in the media.
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As she was walking home, she said she met three young men who would have copiously insulted her, one of them saying to her: "
Look at this whore in a skirt
".
According to her testimony, two of her attackers then immobilized her, the third punching her in the face, before the trio fled.
The case immediately aroused widespread indignation, even in the ranks of the government.
Doubts about the reality of the attack
“
The facts declared are very serious.
In France we must be able to go out dressed in the street as we want
, “said government spokesman Gabriel Attal in particular.
And the Minister Delegate for Citizenship, Marlène Schiappa, came to Strasbourg to announce the recruitment of 80 additional "
social workers
" to "
strengthen support
" for women victims of "
sexist and sexual violence
".
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However, the investigation quickly stalled, the investigators struggling to corroborate the assertions of the young woman.
Difficulties which quickly sowed doubt on the reality of the aggression of this young student, then close, according to
Liberation
, of "Stras Défense", a Strasbourg group fighting against harassment and street violence "
with rightist inclinations
" , according to the daily.
The student had then suffered a wave of cyberbullying, had denounced in October 2020 her lawyer, Me Pascale Millet, the young woman saying to herself “
stunned
” that “
we can say that she lied
”.
The lawyer, now retired, told AFP that Elisabeth had let her know that she no longer wanted to be
to express.
She "
will not respond to anything or anyone
,” said Pascale Millet.
