(FILES) French-Spanish lawyer Juan Branco speaks to the press during a break in the trial of ten persons accused of sexist cyber-harassment of the wife of the French President, in Paris, on October 28, 2025. 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 STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP via Getty Images)