The director of Sciences-Po Paris Mathias Vicherat resigns from his post after learning of his referral to court in a case of domestic violence, he announced Wednesday in an internal message.
“I learned that my ex-partner and I were referred to the criminal court […] I have decided, in order to preserve (the institution), to resign from my functions as director of the Paris Institute of Political Studies and administrator of the National Foundation for Political Sciences,” he wrote in this message sent to the Sciences-Po educational community and confirmed to AFP by the management of the establishment.
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