France: ex-minister accused of rape

Paris’s prosecutor’s office began an investigation into the former Minister of Environmental Transition (2017-2018) Nicolas Yulos, who several women accused of sexual harassment and rape. This was reported on Friday, November 26, France-Presse.

It is noted that the Prosecutor of Laura Beckko has discovered an investigation, despite the fact that the alleged victims themselves have not filed an application to the prosecutor’s office. According to her, the purpose of the preliminary investigation is to establish whether the claimed facts can be qualified as a criminal offense, and whether the limitation period has expired, given the duration of their commission. “

Four women told on the air France 2 TV channel on Thursday on the cases of harassment by Julos from 1989 to 2001. At that time, Yulo was a popular journalist and leading the transfer of the Nature of Ushua A Nature. Later, two more women sent their written confessions to the editorial office of the BFM television channel. One of the six alleged victims at the time of events was not 18 years old.

Yolo himself, denied these accusations on the air BFM channel on Thursday, while stating that he leaves public space to protect their loved ones and its fund promoting environmental initiatives.