http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/825531/emmanuel-macron-mp-laetitia-avia-bite-taxi-driver-fare

Police were called after Laetitia Avia, 31, became embroiled in a row with a Paris taxi driver at around 11.30pm on June 23.

A police report said that the row began when the taxi’s debit card terminal stopped working, and Ms Laetitia - who had no cash to hand - was unable to pay the fare.

She allegedly tried to get out without paying, but the driver refused and began driving towards a cash machine so she could withdraw the cash.

The report states: “She bit the driver on the shoulder to get him to stop - a fact that she acknowledged before us.”

It added that the “taxi’s customer, in a condescending tone, announced her identity and her parliamentary status”.

After 45 minutes of negotiations, Ms Avia, a corporate lawyer, agreed to pay the bill. She was then taken to a police station along with the taxi driver, where she filed a lawsuit claiming that she had been kidnapped while he filed a lawsuit alleging that he had been the victim of assault.

Following the lawsuits, police have now opened an investigation into the incident.