“I am stunned” : Pierre Joxe responds to charges of sexual assault of the daughter of Eric Besson – Gala

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Accused of sexual assault by Ariane Fornia, the daughter of Eric Besson, a former socialist minister Pierre Joxe ned block and claimed to have no memory of the evening at which these alleged facts would have occurred.

The denunciations of sexual assaults are continuing. After producers Harvey Weinstein and Gilbert Rozon, it is the turn of a politician Pierre Joxe, former Interior minister under the presidency of François Mitterrand, the subject of a charge. This last comes from Ariane Fornia, daughter of another former minister, Eric Besson. In the columns of the Express, the writer of 28 years, says that her alleged abuser would have been gestures repeated during a performance at the opera house in 2010. “He slipped his hand inside my thigh, I plant my nails in the hand, “she says. It is a battle silent. I don’t want to be the only one to be silenced by cowardice “.

Contacted by Europe 1 on Friday 20 October, the former minister Pierre Joxe said he is “dumbfounded ” by such an accusation and has stated that it no longer is a souvenir of this evening. “I discovered it as you. It does no basis. I don’t know what opera she is talking about, I am quite often in concert. “If the alleged facts are now prescribed, the former minister, 82-year-old, ignoring for the moment whether it will follow up on this case, including complaint for defamation. “It is so weird situation, so unusual that I’m going to think about it. I am still in awe of such a thing.”

Pierre Joxe accused of sexual assault : “I’m dumbfounded” responds the former minister of François Mitterrand #E1Matinpic.twitter.com/LxjgfM18nM

— Europe 1 (@Europe1) October 20, 2017

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Eric Besson,Pierre Joxe

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