Home » News » Two Chartres gynecologists prosecuted for rape

Two Chartres gynecologists prosecuted for rape

Saïd Chalhoub and Afif Meddeb, gynecologists and obstetricians, partners since 2008 in a firm in Chartres, were indicted for aggravated rape on November 27. Contacted, the public prosecutor, Rémi Coutin, confirms our information: “They were placed under judicial control. A ban on practice has been pronounced. The two practitioners are presumed innocent.

Alcohol

These are two separate, parallel proceedings. A complaint was filed in September against Doctor Meddeb. A 19-year-old Chartraine, followed by Doctor Chalhoub, would have crossed the gynecologist. A discussion would have started, indicates the prosecutor:

“The patient explained that she was having gynecological difficulties. Doctor Meddeb, 74, allegedly told him that he had other practices than his colleague. “

empty (empty)

He allegedly offered her a free date on September 5 at 4:30 p.m.

She goes there and leaves at 7.20 p.m. The images of the video-protection, viewed by the morality brigade, in charge of the investigation, attest to this. The prosecutor specifies: “She is drunk, in tears, completely devastated. The images show that the young woman is taken in by a merchant from Chartres.

The patient complains. During her hearing, she would have explained that she was taken to an upstairs room, which is not a consultation room, according to the prosecutor. The doctor would have offered her a coffee, then alcohol, champagne or pastis: “She consumed pastis”, indicates the magistrate, adding that “the discussion” would have focused “on the private life of the young woman, including his relationship with his companion ”.

At the Assize Court of Eure-et-Loir, the accused recognizes violence and harassment, not rape

According to the complainant, Doctor Meddeb tried to kiss her: “Then she does not remember anything,” adds the prosecutor. La Chartraine is hospitalized. An investigation is opened for rape and sexual assault. The morality brigade hears other patients.

“A charming, tactile and ambiguous man”

The prosecutor reports that “some” would have described “Doctor Medded as a charming, tactile, ambiguous man who can abuse his status to achieve his ends. People who worked for him denounce sexual assault “, the man” particularly seeking to kiss them “, according to them. The alleged facts denounced by these persons are time-barred.

The doctor was taken into custody on November 26, before his indictment. At the hearing, he allegedly denied the rape and sexual assault. According to the prosecutor, “he states that she consumed pastis and that they exchanged kisses. And that they had reciprocally caressed the private parts in a consensual manner ”. Contacted by The Republican Echo, Me Jean-Gabriel Martin, lawyer of Afif Meddeb, did not wish to speak.

Aisne: six people under examination suspected of rape of minors in a family setting

Concerning Doctor Saïd Chalhoub, 78, the investigation dates back to June 2020, following a report from the Council of the Order of Physicians. The Council had received a letter in which a 30-year-old Chartraine mentioned a consultation with Doctor Chalhoub on December 21, 2018, while the appointment was fixed with Doctor Meddeb.

According to the prosecutor, the Chartraine, who came with her companion, would have mentioned difficulties of a sexual nature. A second date was set for the couple on December 29, 2018.

” It is very painful “

The prosecutor evokes the statements of the complainant concerning the way in which this second meeting would have taken place: “In the examination room, without saying anything, the gynecologist introduced a finger in the sex of the patient. According to the prosecutor, she would have said to him: “It is very painful”, but the practitioner would have “continued” and she would have “screamed”. The prosecutor specifies that the gynecologist would have addressed the companion and would have told him that “it is necessary to force”.

The couple seized the Council of the Order. This body seized the prosecution in June. The morals brigade discovered that other people had reported inappropriate actions, according to them, on the part of this doctor: “It’s in his file. Here again, the alleged facts denounced are prescribed.

“God put you on earth to punish you”: a man tried before the Assize Court for rape and violence against his partner

During his hearing, the doctor allegedly contested:

“He explains that his actions are consistent with the practice of a gynecology consultation. “

Remi Coutin (empty)

Contacted by the editorial staff, Me Constance Trannin, lawyer for Saïd Chalhoub, could not be reached.

The prosecutor announced the opening of a judicial investigation, “which will perhaps reveal other victims of similar facts”. The two gynecologists face up to twenty years’ imprisonment.

Thierry delaunay
[email protected]

– .

Leave a Comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.