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Former Senator Joël Guerriau Faces Court Over Alleged Drugging of MP Sandrine Josso
Joël Guerriau is accused of drugging MP Sandrine Josso with double the recreational dose of MDMA in a case that could lead to five years in prison.
- On Monday, former senator Joël Guerriau will appear in court accused of drugging MP Sandrine Josso at his Paris home, prosecutors say in a report issued on 26/01/2026.
- Sandrine Josso said the meeting was billed as a re-election celebration, and she arrived shortly after 8pm as the only guest at Guerriau's Paris home for Loire-Atlantique.
- Toxicological tests during the night found 388 ng/mL MDMA in Josso's blood, and a search seized a 30g bag of MDMA, €680 in cash, and computer equipment with deleted messages.
- If convicted, Joël Guerriau faces up to five years in jail and a €75,000 fine, plus separate penalties for drug possession; he resigned from the Senate in September 2025 and denied any sexual assault plot in first formal questioning.
- Amid calls for tougher action on 'date-rape' drugs, investigators noted repeated toasting, a `very evocative` magic trick, and found deleted messages and pornographic/prostitution websites.
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Joël Guerriau's trial opened at the Paris Correctional Court on Monday 26 January and is scheduled to continue this Tuesday afternoon. The former senator is suspected of having drugged the member of Parliament for Loire-Atlantique Sandrine Josso without his knowledge, one evening in November 2023.
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Judged Monday and Tuesday for putting ecstasy in a glass of champagne served to MP Sandrine Josho in November 2023, the ex-senator mainly talked about him. And denied having had the intention to...
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