A Mayor Re-Elected in the First Round of Municipal Elections Sentenced for Sexual Assault to 8 Months' Suspended Imprisonment and 2 Years' Ineligibility

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Fred Mahler, 45 years old, re-elected mayor of Goudargues, near Bagnols-sur-Cèze, in the Gard, in the first round with 70% of the votes, has just been sentenced on 24 March 2026, by the correctional court of Nîmes. A woman accuses him of having kissed him on the mouth while he was drunk. The man decided to appeal "the sentence and not his guilt".

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The mayor of Goudargues, Fred Malher, appeared this Tuesday, March 24, 2026 for sexual assault per person in a manifest state of drunkenness. He received eight months with probation and the court declared...