A French civil servant accused of drugging more than 240 female job applicants has been named for the first time.

Christian Nègre allegedly gave women a drink laced with a diuretic during interviews while working as an HR manager at the French culture ministry, knowing it would make them need to urinate, according to The Guardian.

The interviews were often continued outside, on long walks far from toilets, with many of the women feeling ill and forced to urinate in public, sometimes wetting themselves.

A court hearing previously reported in French media heard he kept a log on his computer of what he called ‘P Experiments’.

The spreadsheet contained detailed records of how the women reacted, as well as photos he apparently took surreptitiously.

The case echoes that of Dominique Pélicot

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