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French court again dismisses rape claim against minister

French court again dismisses rape claim against minister

PARIS: The Paris appeals court on Tuesday confirmed the dropping of a rape case against Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, although his accuser said she would keep fighting to have it heard.Chief prosecutor Remy Heitz said the court had confirmed the abandonment of the case, originating from a 2017 complaint by Sophie Patterson-Spatz that Darmanin raped her in 2009.The verdict is a boost for Darmanin, 40, a young high-flying figure on the right of President Emmanuel Macron's centrist government who frequently talks tough on fighting illegal immigration and crime.“For the fifth time in almost six years, the justice system has found that no objectionable act can be imputed to Gerald Darmanin,“ his lawyers Pierre-Olivier Sur and Mathias Chichportich said, adding that the minister “will make no further comment”.“What a surprise,“ Patterson-Spatz’s lawyer Elodie Tuaillon-Hibon wrote on Twitter, adding that her client would take her case to France’s top court, the Court of Cassation, and the

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