Police raid controversial French writer Matzneff's publisher
French police on Wednesday raided the headquarters of the company that published the works of Gabriel Matzneff, accused of raping a minor, as a date was set for his trial on a charge of justifying paedophilia.
The search at publishing company Gallimard's Paris offices was conducted by a police unit specialised in investigating violence against minors, a source close to the probe told AFP.
Investigators were looking for written passages that never appeared in any of Matzneff's published work, said the source.
Prosecutors on January 3 launched a rape investigation after a bombshell book by publisher Vanessa Springora claimed she had a sexual relationship with the author three decades ago, starting when she was 14.
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