The Scouarnec Case: New Judicial Information Opened for 10 New Rapes and 40 Sexual Assaults
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During his trial in May 2025, the existence of new offences "appeared or was confirmed" and the prosecution received "additional complaints".
A new judicial information was opened on Wednesday 19 August in the case of Le Scouarnec. It concerns 10 new rapes and 40 sexual assaults involving the former surgeon who had already been convicted in May 2025.
New complaints lodged after the trial of Joël Le Scouarnec led to the opening of judicial information concerning events that occurred over three decades.
The facts are not prescribed and "concerns 48 victims", said the Lorient prosecutor on Wednesday. Joël Le Scouarnec was sentenced in late May 2025 to 20 years in prison for rape and sexual assault on 299 minors.
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www.cnews.frThe Lorient Public Prosecutor's Office today announced the opening of judicial information for 40 sexual assaults and 10 rapes against Joël Le Scouarnec. The ex-surgeon was sentenced to 20 years in prison in May 2025 for nearly 300 rapes and sexual assaults.
The former surgeon, having practiced in Jonzac in Charente-Maritime, is targeted by new prosecutions, announced the Prosecutor's Office of Lorient The Prosecutor's Office of Lorient announced this Wednesday, August 19th the opening of the
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