Laws regarding rape

Chancellor Olaf Scholz today praised the courage of Gisèle Pelicault, who requested that the trial against her husband, convicted for orchestrating her mass rape over several years, not be held behind closed doors.

Actor Luke Ford was sentenced to 16 years in jail for sexual assault and rape in Scotland for posing as a Brad Pitt stand-in.

The 35-year-old actor terrorized his victims over 12 years from 2008 to 2020 and faced charges of abusing a total of nine women.

The 35-year-old wife and colleague of a former police officer stationed at Greece's Parliament, who has been arrested and accused of serial child rape and incest, revealed to local media on Wednesday that years of physical abuse and the fear it instilled forced her to comply with his shocking demands, which she claims date back eight years.

The parliamentary police officer accused of raping his children was sentenced to pretrial detention after his plea.

In a statement, the police officer’s lawyer, Othonas Papadopoulos, stated, among other things: “This case has a long way to go. We will take immediate action to prove the truth. Our first request is to conduct a psychiatric examination of the complainant.

Tens of thousands demonstrated in major French cities on Nov. 23 against violence targeting women, as campaigners push for the country to learn from a mass rape trial that has shocked the public.

A court in Ireland has found Conor McGregor guilty of rape and ordered to pay $248,000 in damages.

Nikita Hunts sued the UFC champion for rape and battery she suffered in December 2018 in a Dublin hotel, seeking damages.

The court, after six hours and 10 minutes of deliberation among the jury, announced that McGregor will pay damages of $248,000.

The 27-year-old son of Norway’s Princess Mette-Marit was arrested Monday night on suspicion of rape, local police said.

More than 100 people, including dozens of children, who say they were victims of rape, sexual assault and sexual exploitation at the hands of Sean "Diddy" Combs are to sue the US rap star, a lawyer said on Oct. 1.

Thousands of people gathered in Paris, France, to show solidarity with Gisele Pelicot and all rape victims, with demonstrators gathered in the Place de la Republique, holding banners that read "Support for Giselle," "Shame must change sides," and "Victims, we believe in you." on September 14, 2024.

For years, the woman experienced hair loss, weight loss, and memory lapses, often seeming disoriented. Friends and family feared she had Alzheimer’s. However, in late 2020, after being summoned to a police station in southern France, she learned a much more horrifying truth.