the psychoanalyst targeted by a new complaint

In her complaint, the victim denounces facts dating from 2001, when she was 17 years old and a final year student.

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Psychoanalyst Gérard Miller gives a speech during the Insoumis march on March 18, 2017 in Paris.  (SERGE TENANI / HANS LUCAS / VIA AFP)

A 39-year-old woman filed a complaint for rape on Tuesday February 20, targeting psychoanalyst Gérard Miller, franceinfo learned on Wednesday from her lawyer, Marie-Paule Pioli, confirming information from the newspaper The Parisian.

In this complaint against She claims to have been “forced to perform masturbation and fellatio on Gérard Miller”at the latter’s home.

Contacted by franceinfo, Gérard Miller does not comment on this complaint, referring to his previous statements after the magazine articles She and of Mediapart. The psychoanalyst says “reject in the most categorical manner any sexual assault and, even more so, any rape.”

Invited alone to the home of Gérard Miller

In her complaint, the lawyer suggests that the complainant could have been drugged. Marie-Paule Pioli also explains that this is the reason why her client filed a complaint against X: “If there was chemical submission, we do not know by whom or how. We must open up the possibilities for referrals to the public prosecutor’s office.” she detailed on franceinfo Wednesday February 21.

The victim, now a psychologist, says she contacted the famous psychoanalyst with a friend because she “intended for studies of psychology and psychoanalysis”. After two interviews, she was invited alone to Gérard Miller’s home, after brunch. This is where the events took place according to her.

At the start of the week, the Paris prosecutor’s office acknowledged receipt of another complaint. At the end of January, the magazine She published an investigation in which several women testify to sexual violence on the part of Gérard Miller.


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