The historic mayor of Issy-les-Moulineaux (Hauts-de-Seine) André Santini is the target of two complaints from two town hall employees for
"sexual assault"
and
"sexual and moral harassment"
, AFP learned on Friday from from the Nanterre prosecutor's office, confirming information from
Le Monde
.
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These two complaints against the elected 81-year-old were filed Friday before the Nanterre prosecutor's office and are
"currently under study"
, confirmed the prosecution, requested by AFP.
According to Le
Monde
, his former chief of staff and a former bailiff accuse André Santini of harassment and sexual assault, facts dating from 2021 and 2022.
Former Secretary of State for the Public Service (2007-2009) and ex-MP, André Santini (1988-2017) is UDI mayor of Issy-les-Moulineaux, a city of nearly 70,000 inhabitants in the south-west of Paris, since 1980. He has also been vice-president of Grand Paris and head of the Syndicat des eaux d'Ile-de-France since 1983. Contacted by AFP, the lawyers for the two complainants and André Santini, as well as the mayor -even, did not respond immediately.
“I naturally deny having engaged in any behavior as described in the complaints. In forty years of good and loyal service, I have never been accused or accused of such behavior
, ”replied André Santini to
Le Monde
.
“These accusations are part of a climate of conflict concerning the administrative situation of these agents”.
According to the daily, the two complainants were dismissed by the mayor in mid-May, officially for
"breaking the bonds of trust necessary for our collaboration".