A Swedish court has found Jean-Claude Arnault, at the centre of a scandal that has rocked the body that awards the Nobel literature prize, guilty of rape and sentenced him to two years’ jail.
Arnault, 72, had been charged with two counts of rape by a district court in Stockholm. The court acquitted him of one.
The crisis forced the Swedish Academy to cancel this year’s literature prize, which would have been announced this month, and prompted some of its 18 members to quit.
Arnault’s lawyer, Bjorn Hurtig, was not immediately available for comment but says Arnault denies all allegations.
Arnault is married to a member of the Swedish Academy.
He has been at the centre of a scandal that has thrown the Swedish Academy into its worst crisis since its founding more than 200 years ago by the Swedish king.
The verdict coincides with this year’s Nobel Prize announcements.
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Any chance we could have a little more detail here? Or a link to an article? Talk about vague.
-18 women came forward and made claims about Jean-Claude.
-The Swedish Academy (who his wife works for) has admitted it was aware of allegations against him as far back as to 1997.
-many of the alleged assaults took place on Swedish Academy properties.
-he was given a 2 year jail term for raping a woman in October 2011.
-the verdict was made by a 4 judge panel, verdict was unanimous.
-2 years is the minimum penalty for rape in Sweden. 6 is the maximum.
-the Swedish Academy have confirmed Jean-Claude has most likely leaked winners of the Nobel Literature award in the past.
- 6 of the 18 Swedish Academy board resigned as a result.
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Funbun told me he did apply
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I dunno, I think my morale would be pretty low, only having 1 in 3 articles posted ;)