Four young women have filed a complaint in Morocco against the former CEO of the insurance brokerage group Assu 2000, Jacques Bouthier, imprisoned in France for "
rape of a minor
", a Moroccan association for the defense of victims of sexual abuse said on Friday. .
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Jacques Bouthier is accused by the complainants of "
trafficking in human beings, sexual harassment and verbal and moral violence
", declared to AFP Karima Salama, lawyer for the Moroccan Association for the Rights of Victims, specifying that the alleged facts are 'were produced between 2018 and the beginning of 2022. "
An investigation is open and we trust justice
," said Me Salama during a press conference in Tangier (northern Morocco), where the four Moroccan complainants were employed. , aged 26 to 28, by the Assu 2000 group (renamed Vilavi).
“Jacques Bouthier has no morals”
Three of them testified to journalists on Friday on condition of anonymity, their identity protected by a sanitary mask and dark glasses.
They claimed to have been fired after refusing to “
give in to harassment and blackmail
” by Mr. Bouthier “
and his accomplices among the
French and Moroccan officials” of his company in Tangier.
These young women reported repeated sexual harassment, job blackmail and intimidation, in a climate of social insecurity.
"
Jacques Bouthier has no morals or ethics, he is convinced that with his financial power he can afford everything with impunity
", denounced the president of the association and lawyer Aïcha Guellaa.
"
There are witnesses, there is tangible evidence, there are exchanges on WhatsApp, by email
," added Me Guellaa.
The complaints were filed with the Attorney General in Tangier.
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Aged 75, Mr. Bouthier, one of the great fortunes of France, was indicted on May 21 in Paris following a preliminary investigation opened in mid-March with five other people, in particular for trafficking in human beings and rape of a minor.
The former business manager is also being prosecuted for criminal conspiracy to commit the crime of kidnapping and kidnapping in an organized gang and possession of child pornography images.
He was imprisoned at the end of May.
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