Due to lack of evidence of any crime, the investigation desired by the Greens following accusations of psychological violence against Julien Bayou was closed, and entrusted to a company specialized in sexist and sexual violence.
A new thunder in this matter that caused, after the announcement of the investigation request, the departure of Julien Bayou from the EELV and the parliamentary group in charge of the process, denouncing a “disloyal and scandalous ruthlessness.”
As a result of these complaints, the EELV entrusted a specialized company with an internal investigation into these accusations. “In view of the testimonies published in the press, the opening of a subcontracted internal investigation seemed to be the only way to guarantee impartial, independent and respectful treatment of the word and rights of each and every person,” he explains. the party in a press release. statement published this Wednesday, October 23.
At the beginning of March 2024, two criminal investigations were opened in Paris following complaints from Anaïs Leleux, ex-partner of Julien Bayou, also a former activist for the environmental party.
These complaints targeted the former leader for moral harassment and abuse of weakness and the party for not having assisted a person in danger.
“The reported facts are based on statements to which Julien Bayou was able to provide documented elements of contradiction,” continues this same source, which specifies that this internal investigation “is not intended to replace ongoing criminal investigations.”
And he added: “The internal investigation did not make it possible to determine whether facts occurred contrary to legal norms or internal texts, or of a nature that characterizes the crime of abstaining from assisting a person in danger charged by the “Les Écologues” association. been committed”. “The end of the procedure and the conclusions of the investigation have been notified to the people interested in the investigation,” the statement finally announces.
A particularly vulnerable group
The Bayou affair weakened the environmental party which, like many left-wing parties, wants to be exemplary on feminist issues.
Last week, the Socialist Party (PS) adopted a resolution requiring any member of the party’s national authorities and any candidate in an election on behalf of the PS to receive training on sexual and gender-based violence.
This resolution was adopted when La Francia insoumise (LFI) had just excluded Hugo Prevost from Isère, for “serious acts of a sexual nature” that could constitute criminal offenses, before his election.
Source: BFM TV
