US EditionTwo French Police Officers Suspended After Alleged Rape
The officers were suspended and detained following allegations of rape while the woman was in custody for parental neglect charges, with the internal police investigation service involved.
- On Oct 30, two French police officers were arrested and detained for allegedly raping a 26-year-old woman while she was in custody at a Bobigny, France court, Prosecutor Eric Mathais said.
- The woman was brought before the Bobigny public prosecutor's office for 'acts of parental neglect' on Wednesday, October 29, the same day the alleged assault occurred overnight from October 28 to 29.
- Paris police prefect Patrice Faure said he 'immediately suspended' the two accused officers in a post on X, and the officers submitted their administrative report outlining their version.
- France's string of high-profile cases has fueled debate about consent, while a separate police officer is due to stand trial in 2026 for an alleged rape involving the plaintiff in the separate case.
- France's internal police investigation service is probing the case, and Eric Mathais, prosecutor, declined to give further details while the ongoing investigation continues.
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Two French police officers suspended after rape allegation
Two French police officers have been detained and suspended over allegedly raping a young woman while she was in custody at a court outside Paris. The men have admitted sexual relations but claim they were consensual.
Two police officers accused of having raped a young woman at the Bobigny court depot were placed in police custody and suspended on Thursday. Most of the lawyers who are used to the premises report the presence of officials who are too young, not sufficiently trained, and poorly supervised.
Two police officers have been arrested and suspended in France over the alleged rape of a young woman, a prosecutor and police chief said on Thursday.
A 26-year-old woman accused the two officials of the Bobigny court of rape in the courthouse and had already been suspended from their duties.
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