PARIS — A deputy mayor of Paris resigned on Monday and prosecutors opened an investigation of him for possible sexual assault, just weeks after they started an investigation into rape allegations against a former deputy mayor. Pierre Aidenbaum, tendered his resignation as deputy mayor on Monday after “possible acts of sexual harassment against a female co-worker” came to light, the city council said in a statement. It did not go into detail about the allegations, which it said “were immediately reported to the Public Prosecutor.”A short time later, the Paris Public Prosecutor’s office announced that it had opened an investigation of Mr. Aidenbaum, 78, on a charge of sexual assault. In a statement sent by his lawyers to the news agency Agence France-Presse, Mr. Aidenbaum said that the relationship in question “was not at all criminal” and asked to be heard “as soon as possible to show his innocence.”

Source: New York Times September 14, 2020 20:03 UTC