The new minister for solidarity and the disabled has been accused of rape by two women, claims he has strongly denied. Now Mediapart has spoken to a third woman who says that he tried to rape her at a party at his home in Paris in 2010. Damien Abad, who was appointed to the new government under Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne on May 20th this year, did not directly respond to Mediapart's questions about these latest allegations but has “categorically” denied them in a statement. Meanwhile the issue has dogged the final days of the legislative election campaign ahead of the crucial second round of voting on Sunday June 19th. Marine Turchi and Ellen Salvi report.
France's minister for solidarity and the disabled Damien Abad faces new allegations of sexual violence against women. Last month the newly appointed minister in Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne's government strongly denied claims from two women, published by Mediapart, that he had raped them. These alleged incidents took place in late 2010 and 2011. Now a third woman has told Mediapart that Abad tried to rape her at a party at his home in Paris in early 2010.
