Sexual harassment –
The Swiss sentenced to Malta was banished from his party
Sentenced for the assault of a cleaning lady in a hotel, this Ticino is no longer welcome at the center. His lawyers evoke an extortion attempt.
The Swiss sentenced to Malta for sexual harassment was banished from his party.
IMAGO/ZUMA Press Wire
The Swiss sentenced to Malta for sexual harassment was banished from his party, revealed “laurelionThis Thursday, August 7. The man had admitted to Maltese justice having attacked a cleaning lady in his hotel room, imposing him kisses in the neck and on his face.
His identity had remained secret, his defense having highlighted the fact that this fifties was a “politically exposed figure”. However, the man has never exercised a political mandate. He had presented himself to a municipal election in a Ticino village on a list of the center party. The latter had not been elected.
Victim of an “extortion attempt”?
It was his section which spoke on the case, indicating “that in view of the facts revealed and confessed by the condemned person, the latter is no longer considered as a person welcome within the party”. The faction denounces behaviors “in total contradiction” with their values.
She also specifies that since her candidacy, this Swiss “has not taken part in any activity of the party”. The lawyers of the principal interested party also announced that they want to appeal the Maltese decision, invoking blackmail and an attempted extortion.
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