RN deputy accused of violence by his assistant deputy: investigation closed without further action

She accused him of violence and harassment. The blatant investigation, launched following a complaint lodged against him by the parliamentary assistant of RN MP Romain Bobry at the end of January, was closed without further action, the Tarascon (Bouches-du-Rhône) prosecutor’s office said on Thursday. “I am closing the case because I believe that the crime does not qualify as solved,” prosecutor Laurent Goumbaud justified. Romain Beaver announced that he would take legal action to “investigate these defamatory accusations.”

In a press release on Friday, the deputy from the 15th constituency of Bouches-du-Rhône recalls that he “has always been calm about the further action that the prosecutor’s office will give on this complaint.” Since the complaint was filed, which was reported by French newspaper Le Parisien-Aujourd’hui in late January, he has already denied the “insulting and deeply unfortunate accusations.”

His parliamentary aide filed a complaint against him with the Istres gendarmerie regarding acts of violence that allegedly occurred on January 26 at 10 p.m. According to his version, the cause of the fact was a dispute over non-payment of an assistant’s working time.

In her statement to the police, the employee explained that the deputy asked her to leave her work phone, in which her personal SIM card was inserted, while taking it away because “he no longer trusted” her and suspected her. turn” against him.

An elected official would unlock his phone to view his private messages. A fight would ensue. However, according to the employee, the elected official pushed her and stuck his fingers in the door, which led to a temporary break in work for 5 days. The events allegedly took place in Senas, where the elected official has his parliamentary office. Apart from this violence, she also condemned the situation of harassment at work.

“I have never committed any act of violence”

In a conversation with Le Parisien, having learned about the existence of the complaint, Romain Beaver assured that the facts stated were “completely false.” “I never committed any act of violence against her or any of her associates,” he insisted. According to him, the assistant was trying to “stay in place,” although a dismissal case had already been filed against her. The working relationship between the aide and the elected official soured for some time, according to a source close to the investigation.

In his press release on Friday, the MP “questioned the role played by the Reconquista party and, in particular, by Stefan Ravi’s parliamentary ally Antoine Baudino, who appears to have been very active in media coverage of the case.”