Joël Guerriau affair: “it’s really hell”, MP Sandrine Josso talks about her daily life and her psychological state

Sandrine Josso à l'Assemblée nationale le 9 octobre 2019. MAXPPP – Vincent Isore

Sandrine Josso was the guest of RTL this Tuesday, January 9, 2024. The MP, who accuses Senator Joël Guerriau of having drugged her, explains the after-effects that this evening caused.

On November 16, Senator Joël Guerriau was taken into custody by the judicial police after MP Sandrine Josso accused him of #39;having been drugged without her knowledge. At the microphone of RTL this Tuesday, January 9, the politician looks back on this evening and its psychological consequences.

"What I experienced was very trying"

At the start of 2024, the investigation continues. Senator Joël Guerriau was indicted for administering a substance to commit rape or sexual assault. Almost two months after the events, MP Sandrine Josso spoke on RTL and spoke about her state.

INVITÉE RTL – "La relation à l'autre est brisée"

La députée @sandrinejossoan, qui accuse le sénateur Joël Guerriau de l'avoir droguée en novembre 2023, invitée d'Yves Calvi dans #RTLMatin et dans le #12h45 de @m6info pic.twitter.com/YWldwCSs3e

— RTL France (@RTLFrance) January 9, 2024

"What I experienced was very trying. I didn't know what post-traumatic stress was, it's really hell. For example, if I'm in a public situation, performing, I have moments where I feel like I'm in the jungle… quot;, she explained, while specifying that she was getting better and better.

But the daily life of a politician has become difficult. "I have all the symptoms that I experienced that evening that come back: the throbbing that accelerates, sometimes also nausea that comes back,” -She. The latter also explains that the problem has also become social. "When I am with people who look at me, who want to talk to me, I am wary. The relationship with the other has been damaged", she emphasizes on the microphone of RTL.

If Sandrine Josso tries to rebuild herself little by little, she is involved alongside the association M'endors pas: Stop chemical submission. "I really want us to move forward on this subject, because today our judicial system does not protect victims," she declared.

Thanks to taxi

Wednesday November 22, Sandrine Josso greeted the taxi which "saved" life, in his own words. If the latter does not wish to testify publicly, he agreed to tell  BFM, under cover of anonymity, how he experienced this evening . The driver indicates that he saw a customer arrive and a man next to him who came almost to the car. He said to her “Have a good evening”. She did not respond, he told our colleagues.

💬 "Le chauffeur de taxi m'a sauvé la vie"

Sandrine Josso, la députée qui accuse Joël Guerriau d'avoir voulu la droguer à son insu, témoigne sur BFMTV pic.twitter.com/85r7PsWf3H

— BFMTV (@BFMTV) November 21, 2023

As he begins to drive, Sandrine Josso confides to the driver that something happened to her in the evening. The latter understands that his client is not in a “normal” and immediately offers to take her to a doctor or to the hospital but she told me that she had warned colleagues who told her that she was going to go to a doctor or hospital. were waiting at the Assembly."