Since the start of the year, well-known men from diverse fields have been accused of sexual abuse and placed under investigation.
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Prominent French Intellectual Steps Down Amid Accusations of Incest
Olivier Duhamel, TV commentator and luminary of Sciences Po University, quits in a scandal involving the French literary and political elite.
Prominent French Intellectual Falls to Accusations of Incest
Olivier Duhamel, TV commentator and luminary of Sciences Po University, quits in a scandal involving the French literary and political elite.
How Should Feminism Target Sexual Abuse? A Battle in Patriarchal France
A high-profile sexual abuse case has pitted competing strains of feminism against each other in a country where the #MeToo movement was slow to take hold.
Christophe Girard, Former Deputy Mayor of Paris, Accused of Sexual Abuse
Allegations come atop a political downfall for Christophe Girard, who resigned after criticism of his ties to a pedophile writer.
Long-Silenced Victim of a Pedophile Writer Gets to Tell Her Story
For decades, the writer Gabriel Matzneff used Francesca Gee’s image and letters to champion his sexual pursuit of adolescents. But her own account was rejected, until now.
Gabriel Matzneff, Who Wrote for Years About Pedophilia, Is Charged
The author, who has been in hiding in the Italian Riviera, was accused of defending and justifying child sexual abuse through his many books and public appearances.
A Pedophile Writer Is on Trial. So Are the French Elites.
For decades, Gabriel Matzneff wrote openly of his pedophilia, protected by powerful people in publishing, journalism, politics and business. Now cast out, he attacks their “cowardice” in a rare interview.
A Victim’s Account Fuels a Reckoning Over Abuse of Children in France
A French author wrote for years about his predilection for children and continued to win acclaim. Now one of them has spoken out.