A bus driver is convicted of the sexual assault of one of his young colleagues, in the rest room in Nîmes

Le procureur Willy Lubin a requis 8 mois de prison avec sursis Midi Libre - C.R.

the essential A bus driver who evokes "a frame-up" was sentenced to 12 months in prison by the Nîmes criminal court on July 19.

A bus driver was prosecuted this Friday before the Nîmes Criminal Court for having sexually assaulted one of his colleagues during the break, in the rest room of the depot, on December 29, 2023 The young woman was dozing and was awakened by a kiss on the mouth. She describes caresses, gestures on the buttocks, the chest. The young woman is paralyzed. When she returns home, she will wash all her clothes. Supported by one of her colleagues, she will then contact the company's sexual harassment representative and file a complaint. The bus driver was placed on temporary layoff by his company.

The swimming pool episode

"I never kissed her, protests the bus driver. I just woke her up and said hello. That's all." " You massaged his back ?" asks the president of the court. "We got along well, we laughed. It’s a set-up. She only tells lies."

The file is disturbing. A few months earlier, there was a first incident that the young woman would later reveal. The bus driver had convinced the young woman to accompany him to Aquatropic and the jacuzzi. "I didn’force her to go to the pool. We were having fun, describes the defendant who had lent her a swimsuit. She massaged herself on me. There was no violence." "I’was paralyzed, confides the young woman. We were in a public place."

A difficult file

" This is a difficult file, recognizes the prosecutor, Willy Lubin, who requested an 8-month suspended prison sentence. This is often the case in these files. We have difficulty understanding the behavior of the complainant. This is normal. We have not been in his place. And that’s because we are following a logic that is not that of the victim. For the person attacked, it’s shame. She was paralyzed. She tells us: she didn’t know how to react. And he lies when he says that he was not attracted to this young woman because he did not find her charming."

"We have a doubt"

" But today, we have a doubt, argued Me Cristal Nay, the defendant’s lawyer. It's one person's word against another's."

The defendant was sentenced to 12 months in prison and will be included in the file of perpetrators of sexual offenses.

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