Damien Cassé, municipal councilor in Noisiel (Seine-et-Marne) and La France insoumise (LFI) activist, was placed in police custody on Tuesday March 5, after his partner, LFI MP Ersilia Soudais, filed a complaint against him for rape. The information, given by The Parisian, was confirmed to Agence France-Presse (AFP) by the Meaux prosecutor.
Damien Cassé was arrested Tuesday afternoon at his home by the police, according to the Ile-de-France daily, which specifies that the facts denounced by the 35-year-old MP occurred in Noisiel.
In the evening, the suspect’s lawyer, Me Yassine Bouzrou, told AFP that his “client strongly contests the accusations made against him”.
Me Jade Dousselin, advisor to the 35-year-old parliamentarian, salutes for her part “the great speed of justice in this case, which demonstrates, if necessary, that it took the full measure of the seriousness of the facts denounced”.
Complaint filed on the night of February 29 to 1er March
“We now hope that all light will be shed with calm and respect for the secrecy of the investigation,” added the lawyer of the elected representative of Seine-et-Marne who, according to The Parisianfiled a complaint on the night of February 29 to 1er March.
For its part, La France insoumise said it was calling “respect for the intimacy and private life of Ersilia Soudais”while bringing him “his full support”. The movement was outraged when the complaint was revealed in the press, “without the consent of the victim”which would amount to “a second violence”.
“How can women victims of violence still have the confidence to file a complaint if this complaint is immediately brought before the whole of France? »asked LFI in particular in a press release.