Sérène Nourrisson

3 weeks ago | channel3000.com | Joseph Ataman |Saskya Vandoorne |Niamh Kennedy |Sérène Nourrisson

Paris (CNN) — French far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen has been banned from running for political office for five years after being found guilty of embezzling European Union funds, in a politically explosive ruling that has shattered her hopes of winning the presidency in 2027. A Paris court also handed Le Pen, who was the frontrunner for the next election, a four-year prison sentence with two years suspended, to be served under house arrest, and a €100,000 ($108,000) fine.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Joseph Ataman |Saskya Vandoorne |Sérène Nourrisson |CHRISTIAN EDWARDS

French far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen has been banned from running for political office for five years after being found guilty of embezzling European Union funds, in a politically explosive ruling that has shattered her hopes of winning the presidency in 2027. A Paris court also handed Le Pen, who was the frontrunner for the next election, a four-year prison sentence with two years suspended, to be served under house arrest, and a €100,000 ($108,000) fine.

3 weeks ago | cnn.com | Saskya Vandoorne |Joseph Ataman |Sérène Nourrisson

Marine Le Pen was accused of using European Parliament money to pay staff who were working for her political party in France. Alain Jocard/AFP/Getty Images CNN  —  A Paris court has found French far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen guilty of embezzlement, in a decision that could yet see her barred running in the 2027 presidential election. The court issued the ruling shortly before 11 a.m. local time (5 a.m. ET) Monday.

1 month ago | cnn.com | Pierre Bairin |Saskya Vandoorne |Sérène Nourrisson

French actor Gérard Depardieu poses in February 2018 in Marseille, southern France. He denies the allegations against him. Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images Paris CNN  —  The trial of Gérard Depardieu, who has been accused of sexually assaulting two women on a movie set in 2021, is set to resume on Monday after a five-month delay due to the French actor’s poor health.

1 month ago | aol.com | Joseph Ataman |Sérène Nourrisson

Editor’s Note: This article contains distressing details from the outset. The numbers involved in France’s largest child abuse trial are staggering: 299 alleged victims, sexually abused in 10 hospitals and clinics over 25 years - all by one doctor, prosecutors say. As the court case began Monday in Morbihan, Brittany, with retired gastrointestinal surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec accused of decades of abuse, many hoped that the trial would mark a turning point in France’s reckoning with child abuse.