Former Paris town hall deputy under inquiry over suspected rape

Reuters

Updated 18 August 2020 at 6:33 am·1-min read

PARIS (Reuters) - The Paris public prosecutor opened a preliminary inquiry over the suspected rape of a minor against former Paris City Hall deputy mayor Christophe Girard.

"Following statements ...published by the New York Times on Aug. 16 accusing Christophe Girard, the Paris public prosecutor has opened ... a preliminary inquiry for rape by a person in a position of authority," the prosecutor said in a statement on Tuesday.

Lawyers for the 64-year-old Girard could not be immediately reached for comment.

Le Parisien newspaper had earlier reported that Girard would be launching his own legal complaint for defamation against him.

In its statement, the Paris prosecutor said the investigations regarding Girard would "aim to precisely assess if the reported facts could be defined as a criminal offence and if, given they occurred a long time ago, the time-limit for proceedings has already expired".

Girard, a member of the Socialist Party that runs the French capital, resigned as the city's cultural councillor last month in a surprise move.

(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta and Benoit Van Overstraeten; editing by John Stonestreet)

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