The gynecologist and Secretary of State for Development, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, is the subject of a third complaint for violence without incapacity for work by a person responsible for a public service mission, according to the Paris prosecutor's office, requested Friday, June 24 by the AFP.
The complaint was filed Thursday, according to the same source, confirming information from
Daily
.
The TMC channel's program collected the testimony of this patient, who says she suffered "
gynecological violence
" during an appointment in 2018 with Chrysoula Zacharopoulou to treat her endometriosis.
The Paris prosecutor's office opened an investigation on May 27 after the filing of two rape complaints against Chrysoula Zacharopoulou.
A mission on endometriosis had been entrusted to him
According to the weekly
Marianne
, which revealed the case, the charges were allegedly committed in the context of her profession as a gynecologist.
The investigation was entrusted to the Brigade for the repression of delinquency against the person (BRDP).
Elected MEP in 2019 on the Renaissance list, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, 46, was appointed Secretary of State last month.
The previous government had entrusted her with a mission last year on the subject of endometriosis, a subject on which she has been committed for years.
Its report was submitted in January to the Élysée.
Thursday evening on LCI, Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne indicated that Chrysoula Zacharopoulou “
told her that she was very surprised, even shocked, that we could question her medical practice
”.
"
But I think that the complaints are filed, justice will do its job
" and its secretary of state "
will have the opportunity to explain
", continued the tenant of Matignon.
She described as “
an important debate
” that
of “consent when doing exams
”.