The photographer is accused of two counts of rape. He was taken in the Stockholm court, the judgment shifts. The case had triggered a scandal in the context of the Nobel prize Academy.
The man of the Academy is in the center of the scandal over sexual abuse in the context of the Swedish Nobel prize for literature, want to according to the will of the public Prosecutor’s office three years in prison. The now 72-year-old Jean-Claude Arnault is accused of, to have a woman raped twice. Arnault was taken during the hearing on Monday. His lawyer was shocked. The Prosecutor argued that there was a risk that Arnault could leave Sweden. A judgment is on 1. October expected.
In November 2017, Arnault had been in the Wake of the #MeToo campaign of 18 women because of sexual Assault accused of. At that time, research had revealed the Swedish daily newspaper “Dagens Nyheter” that Arnault is said to have molested over the years, female members of the Academy, staff as well as wives and daughters of members of the Academy, sexually, or abused. In the current process, there is one case from the year 2011.
In 2018, there will be no Nobel prize for literature
The public Prosecutor had ordered in the past year, prompting some allegations for lack of Evidence, first drop was left. Arnault had denied all the allegations. Dealing with the scandal caused within the Swedish Academy, which awards the annual Nobel prize for literature, for the big fight. Several of the 18 Academy members resigned from their posts, including Katarina Frostenson, Arnaults woman.
The couple, Katarina Frostensson, and Jean-Claude Arnault
The award of the Nobel prize for literature for the year 2018 was been exposed to as a result.
In the Wake of the scandal also came to light that one of the Arnault-run cultural Institute through the Academy, had been promoted over the years with high sums of money. In addition, he is the name of the winners prematurely have blabbed. A corruption charge was dropped.
The now charged that Arnault will have a woman in Stockholm in 2011, in two cases, raped. In the first case, he was forced to “severely frightened” woman to have Sex, and months later, he raped you in your sleep. Elisabeth Massi Fritz, the lawyer of the alleged victim, had explained to the trial, his client was “very relieved” that Arnault come before the court. She had been hurt by him “in a particularly serious way, and humiliated”. Bjorn Hurtig, the lawyer of the accused, had said in the Swedish Radio on the other hand, that Arnault would feel as the victim of a “witch-hunt”.
jk/jhi (dpa/AP)