The verdict was heard in the trial of Jean-Claude Arnault. A Stockholm court sentenced the 72-year-old to rape for a two-year prison sentence. The abuse scandal rocked the Swedish Academy, which awards the Nobel Prize for Literature.
The convict is married to Katarina Frostenson, ex-member of the panel. According to a report in the newspaper "Svenska Dagbladet", a total of 18 women allegedly accuse the French of sexual assault.
In court, however, only the case of a woman was negotiating, said to have been raped by Arnault. He denied the allegations. The accused was guilty of rape on the night of 5 to 6 October 2011, a court in Stockholm ruled.
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Scandal at Nobel Prize Academy "He just grabbed me between the legs"
Dealing with the scandal caused great controversy within the academy. Six of the 18 members resigned, including Arnault's wife, longtime Academician Katarina Frostenson. The award of this year's Nobel Prize for Literature has been postponed to 2019.
In the course of the scandal it was also known that a cultural institute run by Arnault had been funded by the Academy for years with high sums. Meanwhile, the Academy cut all ties to Arnault and its institute. An indictment for corruption was dropped for lack of evidence.