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‘I didn’t even know this type of attack existed’: more than 200 women allege drugging by senior French civil servant (www.theguardian.com)
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When Sylvie Delezenne, a marketing expert from Lille, was job-hunting in 2015, she was delighted to be contacted on LinkedIn by a human resources manager at the French culture ministry, inviting her to Paris for an interview.

But instead of finding a job, Delezenne, 45, is now one of more than 240 women at the centre of a criminal investigation into the alleged drugging of women without their knowledge in a place they never expected to be targeted: a job interview.

An investigating judge is examining allegations that, over a nine-year period, dozens of women interviewed for jobs by a senior civil servant, Christian Nègre, were offered coffees or teas by him that had been mixed with a powerful and illegal diuretic, which he knew would make them need to urinate.

Nègre often suggested continuing the interviews outside, on lengthy strolls far from toilets, the women say. Many of the women recall struggling with the need to go to the toilet and feeling increasingly ill. Some, in desperation, say they urinated in public, or didn’t reach a bathroom in time, wetting their clothes. Some felt a sense of shame and failure that has had an impact on their lives, they say.

The alleged assaults came to light in 2018, after a colleague reported Nègre allegedly attempting to photograph the legs of a senior official, prompting police to open an investigation. Officers found a computer spreadsheet titled “Experiments”, where he had allegedly noted the times of druggings and the women’s reactions.

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[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 50 points 2 months ago

What a weird abuse of power. Fucking gross

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 45 points 2 months ago

she was led around the Tuileries gardens answering questions for a long time, with the entire interview process lasting several hours.

Even if you hadn't been drugged with a diuretic, this would be hard.

The CGT culture trade union said: “[...] there is a systemic problem, which enabled a senior civil servant to act like this for a decade.” The union said other staff had previously made allegations against him, accusing him of taking pictures of women’s legs in meetings.

It always starts small, as they see what they can get away with. They knew there was some kind of problem with him, yet they let him continue for over a decade.

women in the job interview drugging investigation said their case was taking too many years to come to trial, only increasing their trauma. “Six years later, we’re still waiting for a trial [...] For us, it feels like we’re being victimised a second time.”

And now it's been another six years for these women, waiting for any kind of justice. If I'd spent sixteen years waiting, I'd be angry too.

[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 37 points 2 months ago

“At the time, I didn’t even know this type of attack existed,” Delezenne said.

mate this is a new one for all of us

i cannot believe the balls on this guy, fuck him

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 29 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Pee fetish I guess? Fuckin weirdo

[–] gbzm@piefed.social 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

As much as I'm not into pee fetishes, I'd be really uncomfortable lumping nice weirdos who like to consensually urinate on each other in the privacy of their homes, with a piece of human garbage who takes sexual pleasure in humiliating women who're just there for an already pretty stressful job interview. It sounds like the fetish is more in the layers upon layers of domination and humiliation than in the pee itself, and that's way more disgusting to me.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Yeah he’s mainly a weirdo for doing it to someone non consensually. Everybody’s got their kinks