The Paris prosecutor's office has asked a court to put Juan Branco, a 37-year-old lawyer, on trial for rape, according to sources close to the case and confirmed by the French newspapers Libération and Le Parisien. The request was included in the final indictment issued on August 6, which specifically targets a rape allegedly committed against a young woman in April 2021. However, the indictment also seeks to drop charges related to other sexual assault and rape incidents involving two other women, for which Branco is currently being prosecuted. In December 2024, four women testified in Libération, sharing their accounts of being raped or sexually assaulted by Branco. The lawyer is well known for his opposition to President Emmanuel Macron and for authoring the popular pamphlet Crépuscule, which critiques the current political landscape in France. Branco previously ran for a legislative seat in 2017 in Seine-Saint-Denis as a candidate for the political movement La France insoumise. Branco was suspended from practicing law for three years by the Paris Bar Association in 2021, with nine months of that suspension involving prison time. At the time, he was accused of breaching the confidentiality of legal proceedings by revealing information that was supposed to remain private. He had previously represented prominent figures, including Jean-Luc Mélenchon, a leading figure in La France insoumise, and several participants in the Yellow Vest protests. The current legal proceedings against Branco have drawn significant public and media attention, given his high profile and political activism. The prosecutor's office has focused its charges on the 2021 rape case, while seeking to dismiss the other allegations. The case highlights the complex interplay between legal ethics, personal conduct, and political activism in French society.