Overview
- The Cour d'Assises de Nice convicted Adida of three rapes and one sexual assault against young patients, mostly in his office at Marseille's Sainte-Marguerite hospital.
- The court imposed 20 years of reclusion with parole ineligibility for two-thirds of the term and a definitive ban on practicing medicine.
- The ruling overturns a first-instance judgment that had set a 12-year sentence after crediting an attenuation of responsibility linked to a bipolar diagnosis that Adida contests.
- Avocate générale Vinciane de Jongh had requested the maximum penalty, citing the number of victims and the serious harm inflicted on vulnerable women.
- Detained since 2020 for about five years and four months, Adida had expected a near-term conditional release under the earlier 12-year sentence.