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| A French senator is under investigation on accusations that he spiked the drink of a fellow lawmaker with drugs this past week with an intent to sexually assault her, the Paris prosecutor’s office said on Saturday. | A French senator is under investigation on accusations that he spiked the drink of a fellow lawmaker with drugs this past week with an intent to sexually assault her, the Paris prosecutor’s office said on Saturday. |
| The senator, Joël Guerriau, 66, a centrist for the Loire-Atlantique region of western France, denies the charges. He is accused of trying to drug Sandrine Josso, 48, who belongs to a different centrist party in the National Assembly, France’s lower house of Parliament, and who represents the same area as Mr. Guerriau. | The senator, Joël Guerriau, 66, a centrist for the Loire-Atlantique region of western France, denies the charges. He is accused of trying to drug Sandrine Josso, 48, who belongs to a different centrist party in the National Assembly, France’s lower house of Parliament, and who represents the same area as Mr. Guerriau. |
| The Paris prosecutor’s office said that Mr. Guerriau was being formally investigated on charges of using and possessing illegal drugs and of giving someone a mind-altering substance without their consent “in order to commit rape or sexual assault against them,” which is punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of 75,000 euros, or about $82,000. | The Paris prosecutor’s office said that Mr. Guerriau was being formally investigated on charges of using and possessing illegal drugs and of giving someone a mind-altering substance without their consent “in order to commit rape or sexual assault against them,” which is punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of 75,000 euros, or about $82,000. |
| Ms. Josso told investigators that she had left Mr. Guerriau’s home shortly after feeling ill after drinking a glass of Champagne there, and she has not accused him of sexually assaulting or raping her. The prosecutors have not explained the basis for charging that Mr. Guerriau acted with intent to commit sexual assault. | Ms. Josso told investigators that she had left Mr. Guerriau’s home shortly after feeling ill after drinking a glass of Champagne there, and she has not accused him of sexually assaulting or raping her. The prosecutors have not explained the basis for charging that Mr. Guerriau acted with intent to commit sexual assault. |