The twin brother of Camille Kouchner, who according to the latter was sexually assaulted in adolescence by their stepfather, political scientist Olivier Duhamel, was heard this Thursday by investigators, we learned from a source close to the case and with the Paris prosecutor’s office, confirming information from Parisian.
The one who is nicknamed “Victor” by Camille Kouchner in the book The Big Family (Ed. Seuil) was heard by the Brigade for the Protection of Minors (BPM) as part of the investigation opened by the Paris prosecutor’s office on January 5 for “rape and sexual assault by a person having authority over a 15-year-old minor” .
The investigation aims to verify whether the facts, which date from the 80s, have been prescribed since 2003 as well as “to shed light” on this case and “to identify any other potential victim”, had justified the Paris prosecutor’s office in a communicated. The daughter of former minister Bernard Kouchner and law professor Evelyne Pisier (who died in 2017), who remarried Olivier Duhamel, was questioned by the police on January 14.
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Other personalities splashed by the scandal
Since the publication of the book on January 7, these accusations have sparked a wide debate and numerous testimonies on incest, especially on social networks via the hashtag #Metooinceste. After the revelations, Olivier Duhamel resigned from all his functions: in addition to the presidency of the National Foundation of Political Sciences (FNSP), which oversees Sciences Po, the influential political scientist also left that of the influence club Le Siècle , or its broadcasts on LCI or Europe 1.
Several people around Duhamel, accused of having been aware of the facts for several years, were also splashed by the scandal. The prefect of Ile-de-France Marc Guillaume, member of the board of directors of the Siècle and former secretary general of the government, has left all the functions in which he worked with Olivier Duhamel.
Former minister Elisabeth Guigou has left the presidency of the Commission on incest and sexual violence suffered during childhood. The press also revealed that the director of Science Po, Frédéric Mion, would have been informed in 2019 of the accusations against Duhamel, which prompted calls for his resignation.
