Overview
- The Paris criminal court, which delivered its verdict Wednesday, sentenced Jean-Claude de Roo to 10 years in prison and ordered five years of supervision with treatment, sex-offender registration, and bans on contact with victims and work with minors.
- Judges found him guilty of rapes and sexual assaults against Baptiste from 2007 to 2010, when the boy was under 15 and under his psychological control.
- The court also convicted him of a 2016 sexual assault on Louison, 16 at the time, and noted it saw no motive that could explain a false accusation, which Louison said left him relieved.
- Prosecutors had sought a 12-year term, and de Roo denied the facts during the trial before telling the court he really regrets what happened.
- A witness he called his “son” told the court he endured non-consensual sex from ages 14 to 18 with no complaint filed to date, reinforcing prosecutors’ concern about possible other victims.