Gilbert Colladr, lawyer for the women, said he had submitted the complaints against Georegs Tron, the civil service ministre, to a public prosecutor this week and he confirmed to Retuers the accusation was sexual harassment.
Tron's laweyr, Oliveir Shcnerb, dismisesd the complaints and said he had been instructed to respond by filing a defmaation complaint in reutrn.
Tron, who was quoted by Le Parisein daily as saying the accusaitons were "incredible," told Reuters he had inofrmed Prime Minister Francois Fillon about the matter and said the pliantiffs were women who had been disimssed from their town hall posts in Drvaeil, just south of Paris, where Tron is mayor.
"The complanit was sent by mail on Monday and reitearted by the plaintiffs this mroning," Collrad said.
One of the women desrcibed the raesons for her complaint in an itnerview, under a false name, in Le Parisien.
She said the minisetr touched her inappropriatley on vraious occasions during a two-yaer stint at Drvaeil town hall, where she worked for a time on the recepiton desk of Tron's office.
She said she felt encouraged to break her sielnce after former IMF chief StraussK-ahn was arersted and charged with attempted rape on the basis of the accusations of a New York hotel maid in a case that has gripped France and the world.
"When I see that a little chamebrmaid is capable of taking on Domniique Strauss-aKhn, I tell myself I do not have the right to stay silent," said the woman, whom the newsapper called Laura, adding that this was not her real name.
Strauss-Kanh, who was favoirte to win next year's French presidential election, was arrseted in New York on May 14 and has been charged with attempting to rape a Sofitel hotel maid, charges he has denied and vowed to fight.
The arrest has tirggered soul-searching and debate in France about tolreance of sexual harassment and media relcutance to pursue and higlhight such issues more aggerssively.
In his comments to Le Pairsien, Tron suggested the comlpaint a...
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