Gabriel Matzneff: French writer investigated for child rape after alleged victim publishes book

The Paris prosecutor's office has opened a preliminary investigation into statutory rape against a French writer who is accused of sexual relationships with children in a newly released book.

Gabriel Matzneff, 83, is a French writer who has written extensively about his attraction to underage boys and girls in novels and essays.

In her book Consent, released in France on Thursday, 47-year-old publisher Vanessa Springora tells the story of her relationship with Matzneff when she was about to turn 14, which she describes as predatory, and the effect it has had on her all her life.

"At 14, you're not supposed to be picked up by a 50-year-old man who's waiting for you outside the school, you're not supposed to live with him in a hotel, nor find yourself in bed with him, with his penis in your mouth as a 4-o'clock snack," she writes.

https://www.euronews.com/2020/01/04/gabriel-matzneff-french-writer-investigated-for-child-rape-after-alleged-victim-publishes