Joël Guerriau, Paris, January 17, 2018. IBO/SIPA / SIPA
A French senator accused of drugging a member of parliament with the intention of sexually assaulting her will resign next month, he said on Saturday, September 20, though his accuser said the delayed departure left her in "disgust."
Senator Joël Guerriau, 67, is facing trial for allegedly using ecstasy to spike a glass of champagne that National Assembly Deputy Sandrine Josso was drinking in November 2023. Guerriau, who denies the charges, said he would resign from the upper house in early October.
The three-term senator said he had long planned to step down two years into his current six-year term, denying the decision was related to his criminal case.
Josso said the news, "which [Guerriau] claims is the result of a personal commitment and not connected with the extremely serious legal case in which he is charged," had left her in "disgust."
