US EditionFrench Appeals Court Confirms Prison Sentences for 3 Ex-Grenoble Rugby Players for Rape
The court said the 3 men must serve up to 14 years after finding no meaningful change from the original verdict.
- On Saturday, a French appeals court upheld the original prison sentences for three former Grenoble rugby players convicted of raping a 20-year-old student in 2017.
- Irishman Denis Coulson and Frenchman Loïck Jammes were sentenced to 14 years in prison, while New Zealand's Rory Grice received 12 years for the assault in Bordeaux.
- Presiding judge Marie-Dominique Boulard-Paolini cited the "seriousness of the facts" and noted the absence of any notable change since the original December 2024 ruling.
- Lawyers for the defendants announced they would appeal to the Court of Cassation, France's highest judicial body, within the ten-day deadline allowed for filing.
- The men claimed the sexual encounter in a Bordeaux hotel was consensual, though all three have remained imprisoned since their initial December 2024 sentencing.
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Nine years after the facts, the Charente Court of Appeal upheld the sentences of 12 to 14 years of criminal imprisonment imposed on Loïck Jammes, Denis Coulson and Rory Grice. The lawyers of the three ex-Grenoble rugbymen found guilty of rape in a meeting announced their intention to appeal.
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French jury upholds jail terms for three rugby players over gang rape
A French court on Saturday upheld the prison sentences of up to 14 years imposed on three former rugby players who had appealed their convictions for raping a student in 2017.
They were tried for rape in a meeting of a student in Bordeaux in 2017 after a Top 14 game lost against the Union Bordeaux-Bègles. The lawyers of the three accused announced that they were seeking cassation. - Three ex-rugbymen were sentenced on appeal for rape with sentences of up to 14 years in prison (Police, justice and other facts).
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Appeals court confirms prison sentences for 3 ex-Grenoble rugby players for rape
Three former Grenoble rugby players serving time for the rape of a 20-year-old student in 2017 have lost an appeal against their convictions and prison sentences.
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petitbleu.frNine years after the facts, the Charente assize court confirmed the sentences handed down in first instance. Three former players of the FC Grenoble, tried for the rape of a young woman in 2017 during one after...
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