An osteopath who practiced in the Vosges was indicted for “aggravated rape” and placed in pre-trial detention after complaints from four victims, AFP learned this Saturday February 24 from the Nancy prosecutor's office where the case is being investigated.
“There are four victims”
alleged, he added, specifying that the suspect faced
“20 years of criminal imprisonment”
for the alleged facts, which were not specified.
“He was placed in pre-trial detention
,” said Amaury Lacôte, deputy public prosecutor.
The investigation entrusted to the Nancy judicial police
According to the daily
Vosges Matin
, the osteopath, imprisoned on Thursday, is around thirty years old.
The facts alleged by the four complainants allegedly took place in his office in Épinal, during manipulations carried out by this professional with
“several dozen people”
among his patients.
The investigation, entrusted to the Nancy judicial police, began last July, after the first complaints, according to the daily, which indicates that the Epinal public prosecutor's office relinquished responsibility in favor of that of Nancy.