Charged with “administration of a substance” in order to commit “rape or sexual assault,” the senator maintains his innocence. According to “Complément d’enquête,” the senator’s Internet searches the month before his evening with the MP could undermine his defense.
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“Drugs and rape”, “ghb ecstasy effects” or even “GHB next day effects” : here are three of the twenty drug-related searches carried out on the internet by Senator Joël Guerriau on October 9, 2023, five weeks before the evening during which MoDem MP Sandrine Josso accused him of drugging her at her home, on November 14, 2023. Since last November, the elected official has been indicted for “administration of a substance” in order to commit “rape or sexual assault”. He has been placed under judicial supervision.
According to the analysis of the senator’s computer, which “Complément d’enquête” was able to consult, the elected representative from Loire-Atlantique carried out disturbing research the month preceding the facts he is accused of. According to our information, he searched on Google for the terms “ghb outlets” Or “buy ghb gbl”. He also consulted pages titled “Date rape drugs: the right reactions if you are a victim” Or “Everything you need to know about GHB: its effects and dangers”.
These revelations could undermine the defense of the senator, who has always proclaimed his innocence and has spoken “a handling error” during the evening. According to him, he had mistakenly given the MP a glass containing ecstasy. A version refuted by Sandrine Josso, who filed a complaint the following morning at a police station in the 7th arrondissement.e Parisian district. Contacted about this research, Joël Guerriau has not, for the time being, responded to our requests. “It confirms all the terror I experienced that evening. I realize how right my terror was, and what I escaped,” reacts Sandrine Josso, whom we contacted.
Joël Guerriau, who has withdrawn from his parliamentary activities since his indictment and has been suspended by the Horizons party, is due to meet Gérard Larcher on Wednesday 25 September to discuss his future. Interviewed by France Inter on the same day, the President of the Senate said: “personally that his place is no longer in the Senate” and count him “recall the need to resign from one’s duties”. However, he clarified, “Only the Constitutional Council, following a court decision, can remove a parliamentarian from his mandate”.