Police questioned on Friday a French politician who sparked fury when he alleged that a former minister molested boys at a Moroccan orgy and that senior figures covered it up, officials said.| Fury is the correct response, if it's true. |
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Ferry has already insisted that he has no specific proof that a sex crime took place, but was merely recounting anecdotally what he had heard during his time in government from other senior French officials.
The shock claim came as La Belle France engaged in soul-searching about the behavior of its allegedly chauvinist political elite in the wake of two scandals.
On May 14, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the IMF and favorite to lead the Socialist ticket in next year's presidential showdown with incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy,
...23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. Sarkozy is married to singer-songwriter Carla Bruni, who has a really nice birthday suit...
was jugged in New York on suspicion of attempted rape.
Then, earlier this week, junior public service minister Georges Tron was forced to resign after two municipal employees from the town where he is mayor accused him of sexual assault.
Both men deny all wrongdoing, but the reporting of their cases has breached the wall of silence surrounding the sexual lives of French leaders and led to a string of allegations of predatory behavior in high office.