The investigation was opened at the beginning of May 2023, but he claims to have only learned of it this Friday, July 21, 2023 in the press. In effect, John Lassalle, ex-candidate in the presidential elections of 2017 and 2022, is the subject of a preliminary investigation for alleged rape and sexual assault. A certain Sophia has filed a complaint against the former deputy of Béarn, and current participant of the show Traitors on M6for facts that date back to the beginning of 2010, according to our colleagues from BFM TV.
The alleged victim claims to have been raped by the politician after asking for his help. It all started with a school problem for his daughter. “I was very disturbed. I had to change her school”, she first explains to our colleagues before recalling: “We were in the middle of the campaign for the regional elections”. “Sophia” therefore thought that “Candidates could [l]’help”.
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Jean Lassalle, the only politician to have responded to his request
Nevertheless, neither Xavier Darcos (Minister of National Education from 2007 to 2009, editor’s note) nor Alain Rousset (MP for Gironde from 2007 to 2017, editor’s note) would have responded to his call, except John Lassalle. According to her, she found herself embroiled in the politician’s campaign until the evening when he contacted her directly by telephone. “He asks me to join him in a big hotel in Bordeaux. I go there with my posters and my pot of glue thinking it’s a team meeting”, she says. While the discussion would have first revolved around the presidential campaign, Jean Lassalle would have “kissed twice”. “I pushed him away. I even told him that I could call someone else if he wanted”she assures our colleagues.
“Sophia” would have even let him know that she was pregnant to try to stop him: “But he didn’t believe me. And then there you go…”, she says, alluding to the rape she says she suffered. The young woman never said anything to her husband out of fear, and it took her nearly 12 years to speak up. “I realized that I had been in pain for twelve years because of this. It even led me to attempt suicide”she reveals before explaining the reasons that led her to change her mind: “I wanted to file a complaint to denounce the facts, to ensure that he does not cause other victims and to close this parenthesis.”
The politician firmly denies
Jean Lassalle gave his version this Friday, July 21, 2023 to France Blue Bearn Bigorre. The politician defends himself and assures “not remember” of the woman he allegedly raped. “I have never been drugged or drunk to the point of finding a pregnant woman in my bed and raping her”he promises before continuing: “That person would have asked me for a favor. I don’t have to deny or not deny, I’m waiting to hear more. I’m coping.”
The one who knocked out Laurent Ruquier during his time at Jordan De Luxe reveals that he does not have a lawyer at the moment and explains that he is unable “material” respond to all media inquiries. In fact, he offers the press to come and question him on the subject this same Friday evening in Auch during the presentation of the film. super drunkin which he made his film debut with Vincent Moscato. “He will certainly respond to the journalists present”informed its communications officer at France info.
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