Kamel Daoud acquitted in Paris defamation case
The Prix Goncourt-winning novelist was cleared Tuesday by a Paris criminal court after being sued by Saâda Arbane over remarks made in an interview with Le Figaro, according to Le Monde.
A Paris correctional court relaxed Kamel Daoud on Tuesday in a defamation suit brought against him by Saâda Arbane, following comments the novelist made in an interview published in Le Figaro, Le Monde reports.
According to Le Monde, other legal proceedings against Daoud, this time concerning alleged violations of privacy, remain ongoing.
The source material does not specify the content of the disputed interview, the reasoning behind the court's decision, or further detail on the separate privacy cases still pending.
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