The head of one of France's leading universities said Wednesday he was stepping down after being ordered to stand trial in a domestic violence case. Mathias Vicherat, director of the prestigious Sciences Po school in Paris , became the target of angry protests by students demanding his resignation after he and his partner Anissa Bonnefont were briefly detained in December, each accusing the other of domestic violence .
“I have been informed that my ex-partner and myself have been ordered to stand trial in a criminal court,” Vicherat, 45, said in a message sent to faculty Wednesday. His resignation was to “protect” the school from any fallout of the case, he said. “What counts here is not me but the institution,” he said
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