French police exonerated of demeaning victim of sexual assault

A French policeman who insulted a woman reporting a sexual assault has not been punished by the police court.

In February 2022, the woman went to a police station in Paris to report what happened.

The police officer called her and left a message about paperwork. But he accidentally insulted her after he thought he hung up the phone.

The situation made people angry about how police in France handle victims of sexual abuse.

At the trial, the court had to think about whether the officer insulted himself or his colleagues, not the woman.

They asked for the officer to be found not guilty or given a pass because he had a good record in the past.

A woman judge decided that the comments were not a sexist insult and cleared the officer of any wrongdoing.

The woman’s lawyer, Arie Alimi, said to the AFP news agency that his client will ask for another decision.

She said that the courts still support the police.

The cop got in trouble and then moved to another job. He said sorry to the woman in court for the mean things he said.

He also said that he had to ask Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin to let him keep his job.

Mr Darmanin was really upset about the case. He said that when the officer’s wrongdoing was discovered, the officer should not be in the police anymore.

In February 2022, he said on Europe 1 radio that the man had made all the women who want to report a problem look bad, but it’s better for them to go to the police station to report it.

Mr Darmanin also said the officer had disrespected the uniform of the Republic and his 250,000 other police and gendarme colleagues by dirtying and spitting on it.

The police are looking into the woman’s complaint about being attacked. French media group bfmtv shared this information.