Police drop an investigation into sexual assault complaints made by the French ambassador

Noumea:

Police on Tuesday dropped an investigation into allegations of badual badault against the French ambbadador in Vanuatu, a South Pacific city.

The French government fired Robby Judes after two women claimed he had pelted them during an official visit to New Caledonia in February.

"In my opinion, an offense was committed, but I found that the response of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was proportional to the seriousness of what had happened," said prosecutor Alexis Bouroz at the # 39; AFP.

Judes denied the charges, but Paris officials fired him in March after reminding him to Paris to explain him.

One of the alleged victims, Cherifa Linossier, who runs a group of companies, accused Judes of "being rubbed her bad several times at a badtail party" although she was not the only one to be involved. she "expressed her disapproval".

"I have no intention of giving up," she told the New Caledonian radio station NC 1ere. "I do not understand the message sent to women.This is not a personal fight, it's a fight for all those women who dare not speak."

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