(FILES) French-Spanish lawyer Juan Branco gives a press conference in Paris, on August 8, 2023, following his arrival in France after he was placed under judicial supervision and expelled from Senegal. The Paris public prosecutor's office requested to have lawyer Juan Branco sent on trial for rape charges sources close to the case said on September 1, 2026. In its final submissions issued on August 6, the Paris public prosecutor's office is requesting that Juan Branco, 37, be on trial for a rape committed against a young woman in the spring of 2021. It is seeking that the charges be dropped for other acts of sexual assault and rape involving two other women, for which the lawyer is also being prosecuted. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP via Getty Images)