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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Ségolène LE STRADIC |Liz Alderman
A Paris court on Friday found France's former intelligence chief, Bernard Squarcini, guilty of using public resources to benefit the French luxury giant LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton in a trial that shed light on how the company sought to shield its public image for years. Mr. Squarcini, who oversaw France's spy agency from 2008 to 2012, was hired as a security consultant by LVMH upon leaving his government post. The court ruled that he had abused his power several times to assist the company.
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1 month ago | 
nzherald.co.nz | Catherine Porter |Aurelien Breeden |Ségolène LE STRADIC
Lawyers get ready before the trial of Joël Le Scouarnec, a former surgeon, in Vannes, France, last month. It is considered to be the country’s largest ever paedophilia case. Photo / Philippe Lopez / AFPJoël Le Scouarnec is charged with raping or sexually assaulting 299 people, mostly his young patients. His family’s testimony suggested a culture of silence around sexual abuse by him and others.
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1 month ago | 
infobae.com | Catherine Porter |Aurelien Breeden |Ségolène LE STRADIC
Le Scouarnec, JoelFranceChild Abuse and NeglectSex CrimesDecisions and VerdictsUn cirujano es acusado de violar o agredir sexualmente a 299 personas, en su mayoría jóvenes pacientes suyos. Se considera el mayor caso de pedofilia en la historia de Francia. El deseo sexual de Joël Le Scouarnec por los niños había hecho sonar las alarmas desde hacía años; mucho antes de que fuera acusado de violar o agredir sexualmente a 299 personas, la mayoría menores a su cargo cuando era cirujano.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Catherine Porter |Aurelien Breeden |Ségolène LE STRADIC
El deseo sexual de Joël Le Scouarnec por los niños había hecho sonar las alarmas desde hacía años; mucho antes de que fuera acusado de violar o agredir sexualmente a 299 personas, la mayoría menores a su cargo cuando era cirujano. La hermana de su esposa dijo que había expresado su preocupación a su hermana luego de que creyera haber presenciado cómo besaba el trasero de su hija, según documentos judiciales.
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1 month ago | 
businessandamerica.com | Catherine Porter |Aurelien Breeden |Ségolène LE STRADIC
The alarms about Joël Le Scouarnec’s sexual desire for children had been ringing for years, well before he was charged with raping or sexually assaulting 299 people, most of them children under his care when he was a surgeon. His wife’s sister said she expressed concerns to her sister after she thought she had witnessed him kissing her daughter’s bottom, according to court documents.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Catherine Porter |Aurelien Breeden |Ségolène LE STRADIC
The alarms about Joël Le Scouarnec's sexual desire for children had been ringing for years, well before he was charged with raping or sexually assaulting 299 people, most of them children under his care when he was a surgeon. His wife's sister said she expressed concerns to her sister after she thought she had witnessed him kissing her daughter's bottom, according to court documents.
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2 months ago | 
nytimes.com | Catherine Porter |Ségolène LE STRADIC
Dr. Joël Le Scouarnec was a veteran surgeon when the police burst into his home in 2017 searching for evidence after a girl who lived next door accused him of exposing himself to her. What they discovered in his home, in a small town in western France, went well beyond anything to do with the girl's case. Rooms were cluttered with boxes packed with sex toys and more than 20 dolls. One doll, the height of a 3-foot-3 child, was dressed in a white nightgown and laid out on a couch.
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2 months ago | 
nytimes.com | Catherine Porter |Ségolène LE STRADIC
By A French court convicted the director Christophe Ruggia on Monday of sexually assaulting the actress Adèle Haenel when she was a minor, handing him a four-year sentence - two years under house arrest and the rest suspended. It was the first major case to examine an accusation of sexual misconduct in French cinema since the #MeToo movement, which emerged in 2017 and was met with a severe backlash in France. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
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2 months ago | 
rethinking65.com | Richard Fausset |Ségolène LE STRADIC
Prime Minister François Bayrou of France has said that he was open to changing the country’s unpopular pension law, which raised the retirement age to 64 from 62, as he sought to build support in parliament and keep his government afloat. The 2023 law was championed by President Emmanuel Macron in the name of fiscal responsibility but led to mass street demonstrations.
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2 months ago | 
nytimes.com | Richard Fausset |Ségolène LE STRADIC
The Gaîté Lyrique theater has been a jewel in Paris's glittering cultural scene since the 19th century. It once hosted the operettas of Jacques Offenbach and performances by the Ballets Russes. This season, though, its most talked-about drama has been generated by more than 300 homeless immigrants who are camping in the venue, sleeping on its floors at night and demanding that the French government provide them with real housing and other benefits because, they say, they are under 18.
