Hugo Prévost, deputy for Isère, was excluded from the LFI group in the National Assembly, for “serious acts of a sexual nature”. There are numerous calls for his resignation, including that of his deputy, who herself withdrew from her functions.
After being faced with the Adrien Quatennens affair, a former deputy convicted of domestic violence, at the end of 2022, France Insoumise is once again affected by a case of accusations of violence. The party has decided to exclude Isère MP Hugo Prévost from its parliamentary group in the National Assembly following serious allegations against him. The group justified such a decision in a press release on Tuesday, October 8, by “serious facts of a sexual nature that could amount to criminal offenses, prior to its election.” Hugo Prévost was elected in July 2024 in the first constituency of Isère against Olivier Véran, former Minister of Health.
“Meeting on October 8, 2024, in accordance with the principles of the charter signed by the LFI-NFP candidates in the legislative elections committing to defend feminist values and to combat sexist and sexual violence wherever it occurs, the LFI- NFP has pronounced the exclusion of MP Hugo Prevost,” it is indicated in the press release. While the parliamentary group was contacted on September 23 by the Vigilance Committee against sexist and sexual violence of La France insoumise, the elected official was interviewed on October 2 by a delegation of rebels, which then led to the sanction .
Sexual harassment and violence
These accusations are also put forward by the Student Union union, founded by Hugo Prévost himself, which, in a press release, reports “acts of moral and sexual harassment, patterns of predation, serious criminal acts of a sexual nature” between 2020 and 2024. The organization specifies that “his position facilitated the fact that he could commit violence through the control and dependence that this generated” and that “on the other hand, this violence was precisely committed with the aim of maintaining his position and the powers associated with it.” The deputy would have on several occasions, according to the union, “isolated, belittled, denigrated and insulted women”, with “at least two cases of sexual violence”.
The union denounces “an omerta around the violence committed” ensuring that “the majority of the facts (…) had been known to certain people for several months, even several years”. It also specifies that the alleged victims would notably be “women from successive national teams” of the organization.
The Student Union calls for justice to be done, while the LFI group adds that “justice can be taken if the people concerned decide.” No complaint has yet been filed. The Student Union is even calling for the resignation of the deputy mandate of Hugo Prévost, who has not yet spoken out on the subject. She is not the only one: Salomé Robin also requested this Wednesday in a press release the resignation of the deputy for whom she is deputy and even announced that she was leaving her position.
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17:55 – At least four people accuse the MP of sexist and sexual violence according to Médiapart
According to Médiapart, no less than four people accuse Hugo Prévost of sexist and sexual violence. One of the victims allegedly denounced touching and non-consensual sex, while the three others mentioned “constant pressure”, “moral and sexual harassment” and sexist remarks at work.
17:41 – An inevitable resignation?
Since the revelation, calls for resignation have multiplied. The local representation of environmentalists evokes “a shock” and indicates that they cannot “accept being represented by an elected official accused of such serious acts”. Same story for the Federation of the Socialist Party of Isère which demanded “an immediate resignation”. Élisa Martin, rebellious MP for the 3rd constituency of Isère, also raised the same wish with the Dauphiné: “I consider that our parliamentary group made the right decision by excluding him immediately. The facts we are told presented are too serious, intolerable (…) I can say that I, personally, I request the resignation of Hugo Prévost”.
17:38 – Hugo Prévost’s deputy calls for the MP’s resignation
After the Student Union, the union created by Hugo Prévost, it is his own substitute who calls on the latter to resign from his mandate. She also made the decision to leave her role as substitute “having absolutely nothing to do with Hugo Prevost” and “while waiting for a resignation from him”. “I am appalled and disgusted by these revelations,” she wrote.