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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Catherine Porter |Ségolène LE STRADIC
A former surgeon confessed to abusing at least 299 people, mostly children, in what is considered the largest case of its kind in French history. The former surgeon who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing 299 people, most of them children, was sentenced to the maximum 20 years in prison by a French court on Wednesday, in what is considered the largest pedophilia case in the country's history.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Catherine Porter |Ségolène LE STRADIC
Years before Joël Le Scouarnec was charged with abusing 299 former patients, he was convicted of downloading child sexual abuse imagery. Dr. François Simon was one of the many people who knew that Joël Le Scouarnec had been convicted of downloading child sexual abuse imagery in 2005 and was continuing to operate on children as a gastric surgeon. More than a decade later, the French police arrested Mr. Le Scouarnec.
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1 month ago | 
infobae.com | Catherine Porter |Ségolène LE STRADIC
#MeToo MovementSex CrimesSexual HarassmentActors and ActressesDepardieu, GerardFranceEl actor francés fue declarado culpable de agredir sexualmente a dos mujeres en el rodaje de una película que protagonizó en 2021. Se le impuso una sentencia suspendida de 18 meses. La estrella de cine francesa Gérard Depardieu fue condenado el martes por un tribunal de París, acusado de agredir sexualmente a dos mujeres que trabajaban en el rodaje de una película que protagonizó en 2021.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Catherine Porter |Ségolène LE STRADIC
8 hours agoSecurity Guard Testifies Sean "Diddy" Combs Told Him These 3 Eerie WordsA former hotel security guard, who said he interacted with Sean “Diddy” Combs and his ex Cassie Ventura in March 2016 following a physical …12 hours agoVanessa Redgrave says she'll 'never be reconciled' to daughter Natasha Richardson 'dying in the snow'"I can’t believe that she isn’t swimming somewhere now, in one of the pools or seas we explored," Redgrave said of her late daughter.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Catherine Porter |Ségolène LE STRADIC
The French movie star Gérard Depardieu was convicted by a Paris court on Tuesday on charges of sexually assaulting two women working on the set of a film in which he was starring in 2021. The prosecutor had requested an 18-month suspended sentence and a fine of 20,000 euros, or about $22,200, after a four-day trial at the end of March. The women - a set decorator and an assistant director - worked on "Les Volets Verts," a 2021 French film starring Mr. Depardieu.
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2 months ago | 
afr.com | Ségolène LE STRADIC |Aurelien Breeden
Ségolène Le Stradic and Aurelien BreedenApr 29, 2025 – 8.12am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Paris | Ten people tied to a group nicknamed the “grandpa robbers” went on trial in Paris on Monday (Tuesday AEST) over accusations that they plotted and carried out a brazen robbery against Kim Kardashian there nearly a decade ago.
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2 months ago | 
nytimes.com | Ségolène LE STRADIC |Aurelien Breeden
The reality TV star and entrepreneur was tied up and held at gunpoint, and jewelry worth nearly $9 million was stolen in the incident. Ten people tied to a group nicknamed the "grandpa robbers" went on trial in Paris on Monday over accusations that they plotted and carried out a brazen robbery against Kim Kardashian in the French capital nearly a decade ago.
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2 months ago | 
nytimes.com | Roger Cohen |Ségolène LE STRADIC
El presidente Macron pidió la creación de una comisión conjunta franco-haitiana de historiadores para examinar "dos siglos de historia, incluido el impacto de la indemnización de 1825 en Haití". El presidente de Francia, Emmanuel Macron, dijo el jueves que había llegado el momento de "reconocer la verdad de la historia", 200 años después de que el rey Carlos X reconociera la independencia de Haití, pero exigiera que se pagara a sus antiguos colonos franceses una enorme suma por esa libertad.
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2 months ago | 
nytimes.com | Roger Cohen |Ségolène LE STRADIC
After two centuries, a contrite tone from President Emmanuel Macron, though no talk of reparations for French actions that thwarted the development of its former colony. President Emmanuel Macron of France said on Thursday that it was time to "recognize the truth of history," 200 years after King Charles X recognized the independence of Haiti but demanded that its former French colonists be paid an enormous sum for that freedom.
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Mar 7, 2025 | 
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.
