Underage rape probe opened into French author MatzneffIn the book "Consent", Springora describes how she was seduced at the age of 14 by MatzneffPARIS - Paris prosecutors on Friday opened a rape investigation into the author Gabriel Matzneff, a day after the publication of a book detailing his sexual relationship with a girl of 14 over three decades ago. In "Consent", Springora, 47, now a leading publisher, describes how she was seduced at the age of 14 by Matzneff and how this left lasting scars. Matzneff, an essay writer long admired by some in French literary circles, never made any secret of his preference for sex with adolescent girls and boys. In France it is against the law to have a sexual relationship with anyone under the age of 15. Ahead of the book's publication, French ministers rounded on Matzneff, with Culture Minister Franck Riester saying "having a literary aura is not a guarantee of impunity."

Source: Bangkok Post January 03, 2020 14:47 UTC