Following the “rain” of complaints, the Greek-French Deputy Minister of Development of the French government Chrysoula Zacharopoulou rejected the accusations, calling them “unacceptable and outrageous”.
to diagnose and treat my patients's disease is unacceptable and outrageous, “her lawyer said in a statement.
Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, 46, a gynecologist by profession, is the target of two rape allegations and a third allegation of violence by a person in charge of a public service mission. , the Chr. Zacharopoulou also states that she is “shocked and deeply hurt” and assures that she has never imposed the slightest examination on any of her patients without their consent.
“I do not know the content of these complaints, which I emphasize were submitted in the days following my appointment to the government and relate to medical examinations that allegedly took place years ago,” the statement said. The Paris prosecutor's office launched an investigation on May 27, following the filing of two allegations of rape against Zacharopoulou.
According to Marianne Magazine, which uncovered the case, the events she is accused of allegedly being committed in the context of her profession as a gynecologist. BRDP).
A third complaint of violence was filed on Thursday, according to the Paris prosecutor's office, as reported today by the French Agency. of this patient, who says that she suffered “gynecological violence” during a medical appointment in 2018 with Zacharopoulou to treat her endometriosis from which she suffered.
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