It was arrested by the Parisian judicial police and placed in custody after a complaint lodged against him by one of his collaborators of the Liberal Think Tank.
Le Monde
The Director of the Montaigne Institute, a Liberal Think-Tank, Laurent Bigorgne, was placed in custody on Friday 25 February, suspected of having drugged his knowledge a collaborator during an evening, learned Le Monde with the Paris Prosecutor’s Office, confirming Information from the Parisian
As part of an open investigation for harmful substance administration, it was placed in custody in Friday morning in the premises of 3 e Judicial Police District. A source close to the investigation also confirmed its interpellation to the France-Presse agency.
Invited at the home of Laurent Bigorgne, one of his collaborators, over 40 years, filed a complaint in the night of Tuesday in Wednesday, after an early evening past in his company.
A drug that leads to the decline in vigilance
According to the Parisian, she would have told the police suddenly felt bad after drinking a cup of champagne and would have been immediately going to a hospital where he would have been told that she had symptoms of poisoning to The drug.
According to a toxicological expertise of the complainant, still according to the regional daily, his test was positive to the MDMA, a synthetic drug of the amphetamine family, also known as “ecstasy”.
The MDMA, which can in particular be diluted in a drink, is consumed for the feeling of energy and euphoria it provides and for its disinhibiting effect. In particular, it causes the increase in heart rate, palpitations and hot flashes, and lowers vigilance.
According to the Parisian, in his complaint, the complainant explains that Laurent Bigorgne sent him regular messages of a sexual nature and lent himself to an “insistent drag”.
Laurent Bigorgne, 47, leads the Montaigne Institute since 2011. Created in 2000, this Liberal-inspired reflection center, which brings together business leaders, senior officials, academics, regularly makes studies and reports, notably addressed to the public authorities.