Man at centre of Nobel body scandal tests rape conviction
STOCKHOLM — The man at the centre of the scandal at the academy that awards the Nobel Prize in literature arrived Monday at a Swedish appeals court in handcuffs, hoping his rape conviction and a two-year prison sentence will be reversed.
Jean-Claude Arnault declined to answer reporters’ questions as he arrived at the Svea Court of Appeals.
While Arnault is seeking to overturn his rape conviction, the victim’s lawyer wants him convicted of a second rape of the same woman seven years ago.
He was acquitted of that rape because the victim said she was asleep at the time and the Stockholm District Court said her account wasn’t reliable.