Jacques Bouthier, a French insurance billionaire, has been accused of sexual harassment by four Moroccan women.
They had worked for his firm in Tangier while they were between the ages of 26 and 28.
The women revealed that they were fired because they refused to submit to harassment and intimidation.
In France, the 75-year-old is being investigated for raping a kid and human trafficking. According to reports, he claims he is the victim of blackmail.
Mr Bouthier, who is widely regarded as one of France’s wealthiest men, quit as CEO of insurance brokers Vilavi, formerly known as Assu 2000, last month.
On Friday, the Moroccan Association for the Rights of Victims held a news conference about the allegations alleged to have occurred in Tangier between 2018 until April 2022.
Some of Mr Bouthier’s alleged victims appeared, wearing face masks and dark glasses to hide their identities, to tell journalists about their experiences.
“He asked to sleep with me and when I said no, he asked me to introduce him to a sister, a female cousin or a friend, saying he would give me a nice present in exchange,” one is quoted by AFP news agency as saying.
The women also accused other French and Moroccan executives of involvement.
‘Jacques on his own is not scary, but with his accomplices, above all in Tangier, that’s when he’s scary. So they started to harass me morally, real harassment once again, they pushed me to resign,’ another said.
French police suspect the businessman of keeping up to seven teenagers in a flat over a number of years.
The French investigation began earlier this year when a 22-year-old woman went to a police station in the capital, Paris, saying she had been held captive by him for five years – forced to provide sex in return for food and lodging.