Nearly 250 women have accused a senior French civil servant, Christian Nègre, of drugging them during job interviews at the Ministry of Culture in Paris between 2009 and 2018, allegedly to make them lose control of their bladder in public. The case has drawn comparisons with the Gisèle Pelicot trial, which brought the concept of "chemical submission" – using drugs to gain control over a victim – to widespread public attention in France in 2024.

Among the accusers is Anaïs de Vos, who says Nègre gave her a coffee during a 2011 interview that left her feeling weak and desperate to urinate as he walked her around Paris, eventually directing her towards a storage cupboard and later denying he had cash so she could use a paid toilet at the Louvre. She eventually wet herself in a café bathroom and did not get the job, only learning in 2019, via a police letter, that she was suspected to be one of almost 200 alleged victims; police believe Nègre used diuretics, drugs typically prescribed for medical conditions, to bring about the effect.