Guerriau Case: Gérard Larcher Will Refer the Matter to the Senate Ethics Committee, Paving the Way for Sanctions
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The President of the Senate announced that he would refer the matter to the ethics committee of the upper chamber, paving the way for disciplinary sanctions against the elected member of the Loire-Atlantique, accused of drugging MP Sandrine Jose.
The Speaker of the Senate, Gérard Larcher, warned that he would refer the matter to the Ethics Committee as soon as he obtained a copy of the order for referral to a court of the senator accused of having drugged MP Sandrine Josso in order to rape her in 2023.
The Speaker of the Senate announced that he would refer the matter to the Ethics Committee, while justice ordered Senator Joël Guerriau to appear in court in the near future.
At the age of 67, Joël Guerriau is suspected of having diluted MDMA to 91.1% pure in champagne to make his parliamentary colleague Sandrine Josso consume it in order "to commit rape or sexual assault".
Joël Guerriau, in Paris, on November 6, 2024. GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFP Accused of having drugged MP Sandrine Josso in order to rape her, in 2023, Senator Joël Guerriau could be subject to disciplinary sanctions. The President of the Senate, Gérard Larcher, announced on Thursday, July 3, that he planned to refer the matter to the ethics committee of the institution. At a meeting of the Bureau of the Upper Chamber, Mr Larcher (The Republican…
The Speaker of the Senate, Gérard Larcher, announced that he would refer the matter to the Ethics Committee of the High Assembly after Senator Joël Guerriau was referred to trial. The latter is accused of having drugged MP Sandrine Josso in an attempt to rape her in 2023.
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