Accusations of violence: a third complaint against Chrysoula Zacharopoulou

Lhe gynecologist and Secretary of State for Development, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, is the subject of a third complaint for violence without incapacity for work by a person in charge of a public service mission. The complaint was filed Thursday, June 23, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office, confirming information from Daily (TMC). At midday on Friday, the person concerned reacted to these complaints. “The serious accusations against me, relating to medical clinical examinations carried out in order to diagnose and treat the disease of my patients, are unacceptable and revolting”, declared the 46-year-old doctor in a statement sent by his lawyer.

The show Daily collected the testimony of this patient, who says she suffered “gynecological violence” during an appointment in 2018 with Chrysoula Zacharopoulou to treat her endometriosis. The Paris prosecutor’s office opened an investigation on May 27 after the filing of two rape complaints against the Secretary of State. According to the weekly Marianne, who revealed the case, the alleged acts were allegedly committed in the context of his profession as a gynecologist. The investigation was entrusted to the Brigade for the repression of delinquency against the person (BRDP).

Chrysoula Zacharopoulou: after two complaints of rape, the Secretary of State and gynecologist is the subject of a third complaint from a former patient and we were able to collect her testimony. pic.twitter.com/neZVxvPodQ

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Chrysoula Zacharopoulou says she is “very surprised”

Elected MEP in 2019 on the Renaissance list, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, 46, was appointed Secretary of State last month. The previous government had entrusted her with a mission last year on the subject of endometriosis, a subject on which she has been committed for years. Its report was submitted in January to the Élysée.

Thursday evening on LCI, Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne indicated that Chrysoula Zacharopoulou told her that she was “very surprised, even shocked that we can question her medical practice”. “But I think the complaints are filed, justice will do its job” and the Secretary of State will have the opportunity to explain herself, “continued the tenant of Matignon. The latter described as “an important debate” that of “consent when doing examinations”.