A senior French civil servant is under investigation for allegedly drugging more than 240 women during job interviews to make them urinate. Christian Nègre, a former official at France's culture ministry, is accused of spiking coffees and teas with a powerful illegal diuretic before taking female candidates on long 'walking interviews'.
Victims reported feeling faint, dizzy, and in some cases, being forced to urinate or wet themselves in public. The alleged incidents occurred over a nine-year period, with Nègre knowing the diuretic would cause an urgent need to use the toilet. The investigation began in 2019 following charges including sexual assault and drugging.
Investigators discovered a spreadsheet on Nègre's computer titled 'P Experiments', which detailed doses, dates, and reactions of the women. Sylvie Delezenne, 45, recounted her experience in 2015 when she applied for a job at the ministry. She accepted a coffee from Nègre, who then suggested a long walk away from toilets. She described feeling an increasing need to urinate, trembling, heart palpitations, and sweating, but Nègre continued the interview despite her requests for a break.
Delezenne eventually had to relieve herself in a tunnel, with Nègre offering to cover her with his jacket. The attack left her unable to apply for jobs for years. Police contacted her in 2019 after finding her details on the spreadsheet. Nègre's lawyer declined to comment, while a lawyer for the accusers described the acts as 'power and domination over women’s bodies through humiliation and control'.
