Jean-Claude Arnault, 72, a major cultural figure in Sweden, had faced two counts of rape for the same woman in 2011. (Anders Wiklund/TT via Associated Press)Commenting on Monday's verdict, Peter Englund, one of the Swedish Academy members who quit in April, told TT he was "very pleased" that justice was done. After the sex abuse allegations surfaced, the Swedish Academy's annual funding of $18,000 Cdn to Arnault's cultural centre was immediately stopped. In May, the academy announced that no Nobel Literature prize would be awarded this year and two — for 2018 and 2019 — would be awarded next year. He even suggested there could be no Nobel Literature Prize awarded in 2019 either.

Source: CBC News October 01, 2018 11:03 UTC