Tariq Ramadan, the grandchild of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood founder, who was charged in France with raping two women, has also been accused of taking part in the gang rape of a journalist, French judicial sources said Sunday.
According to AFP, the sources confirmed reports on Europe 1 radio and in Le Journal du Dimanche newspaper that a woman in her 50s had accused Ramadan, 56, of raping her along with a member of his staff when she went to interview the academic at a hotel in Lyon in May 2014.
The woman said in her complaint that Ramadan contacted her through Facebook Messenger on January 28, 2019 to give her a "professional offer," but she never responded.
Three women in France have filed complaints that included rape charges against the Egyptian scholar. Another charge of the kind faces Ramadan in Switzerland.
Mid-November 2018, Ramadan was released nine months after his arrest, but was placed under judicial parole.
Swiss investigators will question the grandson of the founder of the Brotherhood in France later this year, French and Swiss reports confirmed on Sunday.
Reports did not give a specific date; however, they stated that coordination was underway between the judicial authorities in France and Switzerland to pick one.
The date is likely to be after courts and judicial bodies return to work following the summer leave.
