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French essayist and political journalist Eric Zemmour arrives at a debate in Beziers, France, on Oct, 16, 2021. (Chesnot\/Getty Images via JTA.org)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Cnaan Liphshiz<\/p>\n

Eight women have accused \u00c9ric Zemmour,<\/a>\u00a0a Jewish candidate in France\u2019s presidential elections, of sexual misconduct, dating as far back as 1999.<\/p>\n

The women\u00a0spoke on camera to Mediapart<\/a>, a left-leaning news channel, about Zemmour, a far-right politician, with some saying he groped and kissed them against their will. Seven of the interviewees had already come forward with their accusations last year; an eighth woman added her testimony ahead of an expose aired by Mediapart this week.<\/p>\n

The allegations against Zemmour, the most recent of them from 2019, date back to his work as a television commentator. He declared his presidential candidacy in November.<\/p>\n

Zemmour\u00a0has denied the allegations against him<\/a>. \u201cI don\u2019t comment on my personal life,\u201d he told TV channel France 2 in December. \u201cThese women have no proof; what they are saying is false. It\u2019s their word against mine.\u201d<\/p>\n

One woman said that Zemmour had pressed her against the wall of an elevator, lifting up her arms, and inserted his tongue into her mouth in 2015, when he was a journalist.<\/p>\n

Another said that he had asked her once to come into his office to help him solve a computer problem, then ran his hand up and down her back while she was working in a way that made her feel uncomfortable. Mediapart did not say whether any of the testimonies had been reported to police.<\/p>\n

According to polling in France,\u00a0Zemmour can count on about 12% of the vote in the first round of the presidential elections,<\/a>\u00a0which is scheduled for April 10. He and another right-wing candidate are tied at the third slot, trailing the more established far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, with about 18% in the polls, and the frontrunner, incumbent Emmanuel Macron, whom the polls give 31% of the vote in the first round.<\/p>\n

Macron and the runner-up will continue to the second and final round on April 24. He is expected to beat Le Pen handily in a repeat of the 2017 election.<\/p>\n

Zemmour has been convicted three times of inciting hatred against minorities, including by saying in 2019 that most drug dealers in France were African or Arab.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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