It is one of two cases involving alleged abuse of power which have dogged interior minister Gerald Darmanin since he became a member of the French government under President Emmanuel Macron. A complaint by a woman called Sophie Patterson-Spatz, which was dropped without charge in February 2018, was re-opened in June 2020 and is now the subject of a judicial investigation for alleged “rape”. The probe is being led by investigating judge Mylène Huguet.
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