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French Appeals Court Confirms Prison Sentences for 3 Ex-Grenoble Rugby Players for Rape
The court said the 3 men remain guilty after weighing the seriousness of the facts and the lack of any significant change from the first ruling.
- 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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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.
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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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