Former Secretary of State UMP Georges Tron was returned today before the foundation of the Essonne where he will be tried for rape and sexual assault against two former municipal employees.
The court of Paris Appeal set aside the order of dismissal including the mayor of Draveil (Essonne) had received at the end of the investigation triggered by complaints of two women, according to information from sources close to the case, confirmed by judicial source.
A former assistant of Georges Tron for mayor of Draveil, Brigitte Gruel, also appear, the sources said.
A former assistant of Georges Tron culture at City Hall, Brigitte Gruel, also appear, the sources said.
“This decision surprises me,” responded Georges Tron, which announced it would lodge an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal. The elected has always maintained his innocence.
He is accused of aggravated rape and aggravated sexual assault against two women who had filed a complaint against him in December 2011. Brigite Gruel is itself accused of rape on one of the two complainants, rape complicity of the other and aggravated sexual assault.
On 25 May 2011, the two former municipal employees had accused Georges Tron and Brigitte Gruel of rape and sexual assault under cover of reflexology, the art of therapeutic massage of the feet.
Amid local political tensions, the case broke out in the wake of Strauss-Kahn scandal. Georges Tron, Secretary of State for Public Service under the presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy, was forced to resign.
Georges Tron and Brigitte Gruel had been indicted in June 2011 for rape and assault sexual meeting. They had received a dismissal in December 2013. The complainants had appealed.
“The affirmations of my client and Eva Loubrieux were sufficient to warrant a referral to the criminal court Evry “, welcomed Mr. Vincent Ollivier, lawyer Virginia False, one of the two complainants. “There are far enough items in this folder for this case to be tried publicly,” he added.
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