Koffi Olomide gets suspended sentence for rape of former dancerCongolese singer Koffi Olomide, seen here in 2005, was on trial after four former dancers claimed he sexually assaulted them several times between 2002 and 2006. Prosecutors at his trial in Nanterre, outside Paris, had sought a seven-year prison sentence but the court dismissed the assault and kidnapping charges. SEE ALSO :Koffi Olomide risks seven-year jail term over sexual assaultOlomide, 62, was also ordered to pay 5,000 euros ($5,700) in damages to the former dancer, as well as a 5,000-euro fine for helping three of the women enter France illegally. However, he failed to show for the trial last month, which was held behind closed doors at the women's request. Olomide already had a brush with the law in France, with a court finding him guilty of tax fraud in 2006.

Source: Standard Digital March 18, 2019 16:07 UTC