Jacques Bouthier, 75, regularly ranked among the 500 largest fortunes in France, is suspected of having housed and paid several young women, including minors, in exchange for sexual relations.
The day after the revelation of his indictment for "rape of a minor" and "trafficking in human beings", the CEO of Assu 2000 resigned from his mandate as president, indicated the group, renamed Vilavi in January.
"The Vilavi group takes note of the announcement of the resignation of Jacques Bouthier from his mandate as Chairman, and of all his activities and responsibilities within the company", he indicated, specifying that the operational conduct and commercial group is for the moment "provided by the team in place".
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