Sexual assault

The 18-year-old, accused of raping a 20-year-old in Thessaloniki, has been released after her testimony to the investigating judge.

An 18-year-old woman in the northern city of Thessaloniki was charged with rape, following a complaint filed by a 20-year-old man earlier this week. 

A 62-year-old archeological site guard from the island of Nisiros was remanded pending trial following complaints of harassment against minors, as decided on Thursday with concurrence from the prosecutor and examining magistrate.

Criminal charges include sexual assault, child seduction, attempted rape, child pornography and drug possession.

An antiquities guard who worked on the southeastern Aegean island of Nisyros was arrested on Saturday morning in the town of Iraklio on Crete following numerous complaints of sexual indecency against minors. 

A 56-year-old man was arrested on Saturday morning in downtown Athens after being accused of child pornography, rape and abuse of a minor. 

French President Emmanuel Macron on Dec. 21 faced accusations of siding with sexual aggressors after saying film icon Gerard Depardieu, charged with rape and facing a litany of sexual assault claims, was the target of "a manhunt."

Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey was acquitted on July 26 in Britain of nine alleged sex offences, in the latest court victory for the Oscar winner who was one of the first huge stars felled by the #MeToo movement.

One of Kevin Spacey 's accusers described the Oscar-winning actor in a London court on July 3 as a "slippery, snaky" predator whom good-looking young men were warned to avoid.

The Rethymno Mixed Jury Court on the island of Crete handed life sentences on Wednesday to two Pakistani men, aged 24 and 27, who were convicted for the rape last July of an 18-year-old British tourist.

Acting after pressure from a vocal campaign and large-scale protests spearheaded by Amnesty International Czech Republic and local NGO Konsent, the government announced in April it would propose a new draft legal definition of rape which could be submitted to parliament in June.