France's oldest surviving former president Valery Giscard d'Estaing is 'very upset' by an accusation of sexual assault made by a German journalist and said he has no recollection of such an incident.
France's oldest surviving former president Valery Giscard d'Estaing is"very upset" by an accusation of sexual assault made by a German journalist and has no recollection of such an incident, his lawyer said on Thursday.
"President Valery Giscard d'Estaing is very upset and hurt by the accusation of sexual assault brought against him by Mrs Stracke, of which he has no recollection," his lawyer Jean-Marc Fedida said in a statement. Stracke, 37, told AFP last week she had filed a complaint against the former leader, claiming he had placed his hands on her backside three times while they posed for a photograph together in December 2018, when he was 92.
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