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Child sex scandal sparks soul-searching in France

Gabriel Matzneff, the once-acclaimed French author, is distinguished by his taste for a taboo that today draws almost universal revulsion. For years he wrote with seeming impunity about his sexual relations with adolescents and children, his revelations proving no obstacle to the receipt of accolades and state funding. In Le Consentement — or Consent — Vanessa Springora recounts her alleged experiences in the 1980s, when, she says — at the age of 14 — she was the then 50-year-old Mr Matzneff’s lover. Read More...

Gabriel Matzneff, the once-acclaimed French author, is distinguished by his taste for a taboo that today draws almost universal revulsion. For years he wrote with seeming impunity about his sexual relations with adolescents and children, his revelations proving no obstacle to the receipt of accolades and state funding. In Le Consentement — or Consent — Vanessa Springora recounts her alleged experiences in the 1980s, when, she says — at the age of 14 — she was the then 50-year-old Mr Matzneff’s lover.

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