According to information collected by franceinfo, a complaint was filed during the summer against the writer by a young woman. She claims to have had a first consensual sexual relationship with him then a second non-consensual one, during the same night.
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Frédéric Beigbeder was placed in police custody at the Pau police station on Tuesday, December 12, France Bleu Béarn Bigorre and franceinfo learned from corroborating sources. This police custody, which was lifted, franceinfo learned on Tuesday evening, was as part of a preliminary investigation carried out for rape, franceinfo and France Télévisions learned from a police source.
The writer was summoned around 9 hours Tuesday at the police station to be heard as part of this preliminary investigation. According to information collected by franceinfo, a complaint was filed in July against the writer by a young woman. She claims to have had a first consensual sexual relationship with him then a second non-consensual one, during the same night. The events took place in a hotel room in Pau.
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From a source close to the case, the complainant and the suspect maintained a relationship for several months, which began when the young woman was still a minor, then aged 17. years.
The writer disputes the facts with which he is accused, specifies a press release from the Pau prosecutor. “At this stage, the preliminary investigation must continueadds the prosecution, in particular for the purposes of carrying out certain acts requested by the advice of Frédéric Beigbeder.”
