Overview
- Police found the 36-year-old lawmaker on Sunday around 7:30 a.m. outside a Vesoul pharmacy with a shallow head wound, appearing highly agitated and experiencing hallucinations, and restrained him for transport to hospital.
- Prosecutors opened a criminal inquiry to establish the circumstances, assigned the case to Vesoul’s territorial criminal unit, and requested a new interview with Villedieu.
- Villedieu told regional media he suffered a malaise probably linked to overwork, with reporting citing the intake of anxiolytics, and he was discharged after hospital tests.
- Local outlets report that video surveillance shows him collapsing in the street, though authorities have not yet concluded whether the injury resulted from a fall or an assault.
- Investigators heard from his spouse, who reported a minor forearm injury after a recent altercation without filing a complaint, and they are also reviewing his medical context, including a cardiac issue reported in November.