An appeals court in France has cleared Congolese music star Koffi Olomidé of sexually assaulting four of his former dancers, but convicted him of holding the women against their will.
The court overturned a 2019 ruling that found him guilty of the statutory rape of one of the dancers when she was 15.
But he was convicted of depriving the women of their liberty at a villa in Paris between 2002 and 2006.
He is to serve an 18-month suspended sentence and pay them compensation though the public prosecutor had called for a minimum sentence of eight years.
The singer`s accusers however would “obviously be disappointed about the sexual assault verdicts because for them this was the most important thing”, said lawyer David Desgranges who was representing three of the women. END