Parisian chef Taku Sekine — best known for the Japanese-inflected neo-bistro Dersou and the minimalist, Chinese-French restaurant Cheval d’Or — has ended his life, according to a public statement released September 29 by his partner, Sarah Berger, on Instagram stories. Sekine’s death comes shortly after accusations of sexual assault surfaced on social media. He was 39.

Berger posted the following to Instagram stories following his death:

The conditions of Taku SEKINE’s death are neither ordinary nor accidental. Taku SEKINE