Accused of rape by another student, the Sciences Po student is no longer indicted
During last winter, a student from Sciences Po Toulouse explained on a discussion forum that she had been raped on the sidelines of an integration evening by another student in September 2018. A testimony that had changed. in complaint last February 6, causing a real earthquake within the higher education establishment in full movement “#sciencesporcs”.
Arrested shortly after, the student incriminated by the young woman, who then denied the facts, had been indicted for rape and placed under judicial supervision. After several months of investigation led by an examining magistrate, these proceedings were lifted. La Dépêche du Midi who reported his testimony. “He went from being indicted to being an assisted witness, which is very rare. The logical continuation is that of the non-place ”, indicates to 20 minutes one of his lawyers, Julien Aubry, for whom there is no longer any charge against his client.
“Towards a non-place” according to the young man’s lawyer
For the defender of the young man of 22 years, still a student at Sciences Po, “the exchanges between him and the student that we were able to produce declare that there is absolutely no notion of constraint”. The testimony of a person, “who did not recognize what she read on social networks and in the press as corresponding to reality”, also made the case take another turn.
“There is the rumor, the networks and the media flood. The lack of support also from the management of Sciences Po, which indicated that it had taken precautionary measures against it although they had not been notified to it. My client is relieved, but it is still painful. Today he wants to move on to another chosen one, ”concludes Julien Aubry.