AP: Man at center of Nobel Literature scandal convicted of rape
Charges against Jean-Claude Arnault rock the prestigious academy
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1 min readOct 1, 2018
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The man at the center of a sex-abuse and financial crimes scandal that is tarnishing the academy that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature was convicted Monday and sentenced to two years in prison for a rape in 2011.
Jean-Claude Arnault, a major cultural figure in Sweden, had faced two counts of rape of a woman seven years ago.
Stockholm District Court said that the ruling was unanimous. …
