Isaac Steidl, founder of the adult website Coco.fr, has been charged in France for facilitating sexual offences, including those committed by Dominique Pelicot, who used the platform to recruit strangers to rape his wife, Gisèle Pelicot. Pelicot has been sentenced…
A 46-year-old Togolese priest was sentenced to one year in prison for sexually assaulting a parishioner in July 2023. Absent from his trial, he was found guilty and barred from French territory. The victim reported being attacked in the priest’s…
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is once again in court, facing charges of illegal campaign financing linked to alleged support from Muammar Gaddafi’s regime during the 2007 elections. Alongside Sarkozy, 12 co-defendants, including former ministers, are implicated in the case….
Doria Chouviat, widow of Cédric Chouviat, expressed satisfaction yet disappointment following the indictment of three police officers for involuntary homicide related to her husband’s death. Cédric Chouviat died in 2020 during an arrest where he repeatedly stated he was suffocating….
Seventeen defendants have appealed their convictions from the Mazan rape trial, yet the principal accused, Dominique Pelicot, has not. Gisèle Pelicot plans to attend the upcoming retrial, which is set for the end of 2025. Her lawyer, Stéphane Babonneau, stated…
In a recent interview, attorney Julien Pinelli criticized French Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin’s proposal to reinforce isolation for the ‘100 biggest drug traffickers,’ describing it as overly simplistic and questioning its feasibility. Pinelli emphasized that isolation measures already exist for…
Gérald Darmanin, the new French Minister of Justice, announced plans to intensify measures against drug trafficking in prisons, including operations to eliminate the presence of mobile phones among inmates. Speaking on TF1, he emphasized the unacceptable nature of detainees continuing…
On December 20, 2023, the special assize court in Paris delivered its verdict after seven weeks of hearings, sentencing eight individuals involved in the murder of history teacher Samuel Paty. Sentences ranged from three years suspended to 16 years of…
The trial concerning multiple rapes in Mazan concluded with the maximum sentence imposed on Dominique Pelicot, while his 50 co-defendants received lesser sentences than sought by the prosecution. Gisèle Pelicot, a key figure in the case, expressed respect for the…
In a high-profile rape case in France, Dominique Pelicot has been found guilty and sentenced to 20 years in prison for drugging and raping his ex-wife, Gisèle Pelicot. He admitted to inviting multiple men to assault her. Other defendants in…
Dominique Pelicot faces up to 20 years in prison after admitting to drugging and enabling strangers to rape his wife, Gisele Pelicot, over nearly a decade. The case has garnered international attention, bringing to light issues of consent and accountability….
Between 2010 and 2017, approximately sixty children placed by the Aide Sociale à l’Enfance (ASE) in Northern France experienced serious mistreatment in unlicensed foster homes. Two men, Julien M. and Bruno C., were convicted and received sentences of six and…
