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Rapes "by Surprise": the Retired Niçois Who Was Pretending to Be a 30-Year-Old Playboy Back in Court

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The 79-year-old Jack Sion's trial on appeal opens this Wednesday in the Alpes-Maritimes assize court. For several years he seduced women online and obtained sex by pretending to be another. He contests his conviction for rapes handed down in October 2021.

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The 79-year-old Jack Sion's trial on appeal opens this Wednesday in the Alpes-Maritimes assize court. For several years he seduced women online and obtained sex by pretending to be another. He contests his conviction for rapes handed down in October 2021.

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Recognized guilty of rape by surprise committed with the help of a "stratagem" in 2021, 78-year-old Jack Sion was tried on appeal in Nice this week. In the mid-2010s he had usurped the photo of a model and...

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elle.fr broke the news on Tuesday, May 5, 2026.
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