The Paris public prosecutor’s office dismissed the investigation opened for “non-public insults” targeting a police officer accused of dealing with “whore” a complainant for sexual assault, Agence France-Presse learned Thursday, March 17. “The open procedure of the head of non-public insults of a sexist nature was dismissed on February 25”said the prosecution, confirming information from Mediapart.
In early February, the online news site revealed the story of this 34-year-old young woman, who had filed a first complaint on the night of February 4 to 5 with police officers from the 5and and 6and arrondissements of Paris for “drunk sexual assault”leading to the opening of an investigation.
A police officer from this police station had called her back at midday and had left a voice message on her answering machine asking her to come and complete her complaint. Believing to have hung up, we hear the official joking with one of his colleagues: “I’ll call her back anyway because she must be sleeping off now!” »
Then reading aloud an excerpt from the young woman’s complaint, he added: “It does not make sense the complaint in fact”. “Ah obviously, she refuses confrontation”he then said. “She really is a whore. (…) Damn, she refuses the confrontation in addition to the whore. As if by chance. In fact it was just to break his balls, I’m sure. (…) Damn, fat whore”he concluded, before the handset was hung up.
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“The procedure was dismissed for lack of characterization of the offense, the remarks having been made without the intention of bringing them to the knowledge of the complainant”, justified the public ministry. This affair had aroused numerous criticisms, particularly within feminist circles, which regularly denounce the poor consideration by the police of victims of sexual violence.
The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, had estimated that this policeman had not “no more place” within the National Police. The prefect of police, Didier Lallement, had condemned him “inadmissible remarks” and announced having entered the “police of fonts” (IGPN) of an administrative investigation and had requested the suspension of the police officer as a precaution.
The complainant had filed a complaint with the IGPN concerning these insults, leading to the opening of this second investigation on February 16, now closed.