Gérard Miller affair: investigation opened against the psychoanalyst after accusations of rape and sexual assault

The Paris prosecutor's office has opened a preliminary investigation into rape and sexual assault. ILLUSTRATION MAXPPP – Fred Dugit

Accused of rape and sexual assault by dozens of women, psychoanalyst Gérard Miller is the subject of a preliminary investigation. opened by the Paris prosecutor's office on February 23.  

According to information from the magazine Elle, which revealed in a first investigation published at the end of January that Gérard Miller was targeted by multiple accusations of rape and sexual assault, the Paris prosecutor's office opened this Thursday, February 22, a preliminary investigation for &quot ;rape and sexual assault, sometimes against minor victims" targeting the famous psychoanalyst.

The prosecution indicates having officially received six reports" of women declaring to have suffered at least sexual gestures from Gérard Miller, to which they report not having given their consent, between 1995 and 2005. 

More than fifty testimonies

The psychoanalyst was defended in a letter at the time of the first accusations in the press at the end of January, claiming to have "the conviction of not having coerced anyone&quot ;.

Three women first accused Gérard Miller of abuse during hypnosis sessions performed at his home, then ten other women spoke of a pattern similar operation with Mediapart.

Following the investigationElle, 41 women came forward and testified in the proceedings. weekly to question the psychoanalyst. Among the women who spoke, many were minors at the time of the alleged events.