Overview
- Prosecutors in Chambéry said he was placed in police custody on Monday as part of an inquiry into alleged rapes, aggravated rapes and sexual assaults.
- A murder trial in Vaucluse where he was due to appear was postponed due to his absence, which the court described as for "insurmountable" reasons.
- Local outlet Le Progrès reports the complainants are former interns from his firm, a detail authorities have not confirmed.
- Prosecutor Xavier Sicot declined to provide additional information, and Metaxas’s lawyer Alain Jakubowicz did not immediately comment.
- Metaxas previously faced scrutiny in the Michel Neyret corruption case, with an indictment in 2012 followed by an acquittal in 2016.