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Rape case against French budget minister dismissed: prosecutors

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AFP Paris
Last Updated : Feb 16 2018 | 9:35 PM IST
French prosecutors today said they had dropped an investigation into claims that Budget Minister Gerald Darmanin raped a woman who sought his help in having her criminal record expunged in 2009.
The Paris prosecutors office said a preliminary probe had failed to establish "the absence of consent on the part of the plaintiff" or that she was acting "under constraint, threat, surprise or any sort of violence towards her.

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First Published: Feb 16 2018 | 9:35 PM IST

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