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CNA
28-05-2025
- General
- CNA
French surgeon jailed 20 years for sexually abusing hundreds of child patients
A French court has found former surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec guilty in one of the country's worst child sex abuse cases. He has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting 299 people. The 74-year-old faced 111 counts of rape and 189 sexual assaults. Most of the victims were children at the time. The abuse spanned 25 years. Ross Cullen reports from Paris.
Khaleej Times
26-05-2025
- Khaleej Times
French surgeon tells sexual abuse trial he is 'not asking for any leniency'
French surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec, who admitted to sexually abusing nearly 300 mostly child patients, told his trial on Monday he was not asking for "leniency" but wanted "to become a better person". "I am not asking the court for leniency," he said in his closing statement after the prosecution last week asked for the maximum 20-year jail term. "Simply grant me the right to become a better person," he said at the end of the three-month trial in Vannes in the western French region of Brittany. Le Scouarnec, 74, has admitted to sexually assaulting or raping 299 patients in hospitals in western France between 1989 and 2014, many while they were under anaesthesia or waking up after operations. Most -- 256 -- were under 15 at the time. The prosecution on Friday requested the maximum 20-year sentence for the former surgeon and also made the rare demand that he should be held in a centre for treatment and supervision even after any release. Le Scouarnec is already in prison after being sentenced in 2020 to 15 years for raping and sexually assaulting four children, including two of his nieces. The retired doctor spoke after his defence lawyers presented their closing arguments. "Joel Le Scouarnec is not asking to escape the sentence requested by the public prosecutor," said one of the lawyers, Maxime Tessier. The lawyer asked the court to take into account the "exceptional" nature of Le Scouarnec's confession when he admitted all the charges against him in March. "Joel Le Scouarnec has never blamed anyone else, he has always said, 'I am the only guilty party, I am the only one responsible,'" he said. "The court must be convinced of Joel Le Scouarnec's sincerity." The former doctor has asked his victims for forgiveness. But many have said they do not believe him. The verdict is expected on Wednesday.
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Gerard Depardieu Found Guilty on Sexual Assault Charges, Given 18-Month Suspended Prison Sentence
French actor Gerard Depardieu was convicted of sexual assault against two women and received an 18-month prison sentence from a Paris court. The verdict stems from sexual assault charges filed by two women, a set decorator and an assistant director, who worked on the shoot of 'The Green Shutters' in 2021. The prosecutor had requested an 18-month suspended sentence following a four-day-trial during which Depardieu refuted all accusations. Prosecutors also requested the court to fine the actor and obligate him to undergo psychological treatment, as well as have him registered in the sex offenders file. More from Variety Gerard Depardieu Faces 18-Month Suspended Prison Sentence at Sexual Assault Trial French Actor Fanny Ardant Defends Gerard Depardieu at Sexual Assault Trial in Paris Gerard Depardieu Denies All Accusations on Sexual Assault Trial: 'I Am Not a Person Who Would Grope in the Metro' The assistant director reported in her complaint that Depardieu had touched her buttocks in the street, then touched her breasts a few days later on location and touched her buttocks again on another occasion. Depardieu, meanwhile, said 'I may have grazed it with my back in the corridor, but I didn't touch (her buttocks),' Depardieu was quoted saying in Le Monde. The set decorator has accused Depardieu of having sexually assaulted and harassed her during filming by making several crude comments. She alleges that one day, as she walked past him sitting in a corridor, he grabbed her, pulled her toward him, blocked her with his legs and kneaded her on the waist, hips and chest, while making obscene comments. But Depardieu had different version of their encounter. He said he only grabbed her hips 'so as to not slip.' As part of a separate case, the famous French actor has been, since Dec. 16, 2020, indicted over allegations of rape and sexual assault filed by actress Charlotte Arnould in 2018. Last August, the Paris public prosecutor's office requested in a final indictment that Depardieu be referred to the departmental criminal court to stand trial for rape by digital penetration and sexual assault that allegedly occurred on Aug. 7 and 13 of 2018. The examining magistrate now has to decide what direction to give to the proceedings. Depardieu, who has triggered a watershed moment for the #MeToo movement in France, was also accused by 13 women of sexually inappropriate behavior in a report published by French investigative news website Médiapart in April 2023. More to come. Best of Variety All the Godzilla Movies Ranked Final Oscar Predictions: International Feature – United Kingdom to Win Its First Statuette With 'The Zone of Interest' 'Game of Thrones' Filming Locations in Northern Ireland to Open as Tourist Attractions
