It was not GHB concealed in a cocktail, without the knowledge of the reveler, nor an injection administered on the dance floor, but “voluntary” GHB. In any case, this is what emerges from the first investigations. “There was no intervention from a third party,” said witnesses, friends of the two victims, to the police. The video images, seized by the investigators, confirmed this.
This Monday, a 27-year-old young woman and her friend, 32, are still in hospital. The first was transported to Saint-Antoine in Paris (11th century), the second to Pitié-Salpêtrière (13th century), both in a coma.
Saturday, at 6:30 a.m., in the establishment Le Petit Bain, a barge moored at the port of the station, at the level of Austerlitz (XIII), which is a restaurant, bar and nightclub, the police officers of the police station of the XIII were rushed to by firefighters. The latter, warned by the security service of the box, already on site, provided first aid to the two victims. They had just felt unwell outside, at closing time.
The two revelers could not be revived and fell into a coma. They were transported with a vital prognosis. During the day, in intensive care, they came out of the coma. And were able to give snippets of information to the investigators who came to hear them.
What happened that night inside and outside the Petit Bain? How did this drug arrive? How and when was it consumed? By who ? The two friends, who accompanied the couple, were taken to the 13th arrondissement police station to be heard and enlighten the investigators. Blood test results on the victims were expected on Monday. The videotapes of Petit Bain, whose cameras scan the inside of the box and also its surroundings, were seized by the police.
“It happened outside, on the public highway at closing,” said Ricardo Esteban, the director of Petit Bain, on Monday. The owner of this barge, “traumatized” by the tragic death of a 24-year-old in 2018 – the partygoer had drunk a bottle of mineral water found on the ground, inside the establishment, without knowing that it contained GHB – yet he put in place many filters to prevent this “rape drug” from entering his box. Le Petit Bain is also involved with prevention associations and the City. Only, “we cannot police the public highway, regrets Ricardo Esteban. On the videotapes, the two young people are seen outside, taking out a hidden bottle, drinking it and falling stiff. »
The investigation, entrusted to the police station of the XIIIth, continues.
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