The former columnist Pierre Ménès, placed in police custody on Thursday as part of an investigation for sexual assault, will be tried on June 8 for these facts, AFP learned from his lawyer Me Arash Derambarsh.
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The police custody of the person concerned was lifted this evening and the latter is summoned before the criminal court to be tried for acts of sexual assault
", confirmed the Paris prosecutor's office to AFP, about these accusations on facts which date from November 20 and which Mr. Ménès disputes.