(National-UAE) Two lawyers representing an Oxford professor accused of rape are under investigation after it emerged that they had spoken with his alleged victims.
French legal authorities are examining the actions of the two men who each contacted one of Tariq Ramadan’s accusers before later joining the academic’s legal team.
Both men have insisted they have done nothing wrong after details of the contacts were first published in the French news magazine L’Obs.
Mr Ramadan, 57, was given a leave of absence from his post at Oxford University after he was charged in France with raping a feminist activist in 2012 and a disabled woman in 2009. The case has expanded after other allegations came to light.
