Female workers 'blacklist' males in wake of abuse allegations

A former assistant in the French parliament has claimed that female workers kept a verbal blacklist of MPs whom they regarded as potential sexual predators.

Marine Tondelier claims that women warned each other about MPs during coffee breaks, revealing there were certain ones that were known amongst the group – the BBC reports. Speaking to France 2 television she said that certain names "circulated among us - we knew we shouldn't get in the lift with them". She added: "There was a risk of them fondling your bottom, a risk of trouble.”