Top French writer Gabriel Matzneff investigated for child sexual abuse he openly boasted about for decades in his literary work

Top French writer Gabriel Matzneff investigated for child sexual abuse he opnely boasted about for decades in his literary work

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Paris (AFP) – Paris prosecutors on Friday opened an investigation into the rape of a minor after the publication of a book accusing prominent author Gabriel Matzneff of a sexual relationship with a girl of 14.

The probe was launched after the examination of the book “Consent” by Vanessa Springora, published on Thursday, where she describes a sexual relationship she had with Matzneff when he was 36 years her senior, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a statement.

Heitz said that the probe would be into “rapes committed against a minor” aged under 15.

In “Consent”, Springora, 47, now a leading publisher, describes how she was seduced at the age of 14 by Matzneff and how this left lasting scars.

Matzneff never made any secret of his preference for sex with adolescent girls and boys. In the mid-1970s, he published a notorious essay called “Les Moins de Seize Ans” (“Those Less than 16”).

Heitz said that even beyond the events described by Springora, the investigation “will work to identify all other eventual victims who could have been the victims of crimes of the same nature in France or abroad”.

Springora had indicated she did not intend to bring a criminal complaint against Matzneff. But the Paris prosecutors used their power to open an investigation of their own accord.