An internet user accuses the director of an outdoor center in Paris of rape. An internal investigation was opened at the Paris City Hall.
In the wake of the publication of Camille Kouchner’s book, The Big Family, where she reveals that her twin brother was the victim of incest by her stepfather, political scientist Olivier Duhamel, many Internet users have been sharing testimonies on Twitter for several days under the keyword #MeTooInceste. Among them, a story implicates the director of an outdoor center in the City of Paris.
“I was 9 years old. It lasted 2 years. He was director of a day center in Paris, he touched me, forced me to give him blowjobs. In the colony he came in the dormitory to touch me at night. raped me at home, “testifies Anne-Cécile Collet, specifying that the individual” still works at the town hall of Paris “.
It also specifies that a complaint has been filed and that a trial has taken place. However, it had resulted in a dismissal because of the statute of limitations.
Three days after this testimony, Audrey Pulvar, assistant to Anne Hidalgo, answers him on social networks. “An investigation is open,” she says.
Retired since 2019
Contacted by BFM Paris, the Paris City Hall affirms that this testimony triggered an internal investigation. “As soon as the facts were reported on Twitter, we requested an urgent internal investigation and we made sure that the person concerned is no longer in the City”, she reacts.
It also specifies that the accused individual is no longer in post but retired since October 1, 2019. “He no longer seems to have a post in direct contact with children since April 1996”, specifies- she.
The victim received by the town hall
“Upon return from the internal investigation, the victim will be received by the assistant in charge of child protection in order to inform him of the Paris plan to combat violence against children and provide him with all the information necessary to help him in his efforts, ”concludes the City of Paris.
