Tariq Ramadan, a leading Islamic scholar 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 on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.
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The woman, who filed a criminal complaint in May 2019, also accused Ramadan of issuing \u201cthreats or acts of intimidation\u201d aimed at dissuading her from reporting the alleged attack to the police, the judicial sources added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ramadan, a married father of four whose grandfather founded Egypt\u2019s Muslim Brotherhood, was a professor at Oxford University until he was forced to take leave when rape allegations surfaced at the height of the \u201cMe Too\u201d movement in late 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Authorities in Switzerland are also investigating him after receiving a rape complaint in that country.His lawyer, Emmanuel Marsigny, refused to comment on Sunday on the latest allegations against him in France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The woman behind the latest complaint told police that Ramadan and a male assistant repeatedly raped her in Ramadan\u2019s room at the Sofitel hotel in Lyon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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