Accusation of rape in Geneva: the complainant committed suicide

Julie Ollivier, first plaintiff in the case involving Sébastien Cauet, died Monday November 2 at the age of 28. His death by suicide was announced on Friday by the MeToo Media association to AFP and “Nouvel Obs”.

“We are devastated, stunned,” reacted Emmanuelle Dancourt, founder of the association committed against sexist and sexual violence in the media, of which Julie Ollivier was a member. “It was a time when we thought she was getting better,” she added. Her lawyer, Me Helin Köse, praised the courage of her client, who had chosen to denounce the facts of which she claimed to be a victim.

In November 2023, Julie Ollivier was the first woman to file a complaint against the former host of NRJ. She accused him of raping her in Geneva in November 2014, when she was 16, and denounced other alleged acts until 2022. Her family intends to continue the procedure.

In July 2025, the young woman also filed a complaint for cyberharassment, invasion of privacy and violation of the secrecy of the investigation. Sébastien Cauet had for his part initiated several proceedings against her, notably for defamation and attempted extortion.

In May 2024, the 54-year-old host was indicted in a case concerning four women, three of whom were minors at the time of the alleged facts. The investigations concern, concerning Julie Ollivier, an alleged rape in Geneva in November 2014 as well as suspicions of corruption of minors over 15 years old between 2014 and 2016.

The other parts concern accusations of rape made by a woman for alleged acts in 2011, as well as by two women who were teenagers at the time of the facts denounced: one mentions a rape in 1997, the other a sexual assault in 2012. Heard on October 14, Sébastien Cauet contests all the facts and remains presumed innocent.