Cauet affair: The first woman to file a complaint for rape against the host committed suicide

A shock. Julie Ollivier, who broke the silence and triggered the legal case surrounding host Sébastien Cauet by denouncing rapes suffered when she was 16, committed suicide on Monday at the age of 28. The news was confirmed on Friday by the “MeToo Media” collective.

“We are devastated, we are astonished,” reacted Emmanuelle Dancourt, founder of the organization committed against sexist and sexual violence in the media. “We knew her very well. She was a member of the association, where she had a listener and friends. She used to come to our events. We didn't expect it. It was a period when we thought she was doing better,” explained the association manager to the two media outlets.

Her lawyer, Me Helin Köse, confided her “immense sadness”, saluting the courage of her client: Julie Ollivier “had the courage to denounce what she suffered and to carry her word through to the end”.

The procedure began in November 2023 when Julie Ollivier filed a complaint, accusing Sébastien Cauet, whom she admired, of having raped her in 2014 in Geneva when she was 16 years old, before reporting other attacks until 2022. Despite her death, the procedure continues: “Her family has chosen to continue the legal fight she has initiated and will become a civil party” in the judicial information filed in Paris. “Our only wish is that his mourning be respected,” insisted the council.

In July 2025, Julie Ollivier filed a complaint for cyberstalking, invasion of privacy, violation of the secrecy of the investigation and receiving stolen property, according to a source close to the case. The young woman was also the subject of complaints, filed by Cauet, for defamation, attempted extortion, cyberharassment. The opposing camp responded criminally, with the former radio presenter having filed complaints for defamation, attempted extortion and cyberharassment.

Aged 54, the former host of NRJ has been the subject of indictment since May 2024 for rape and sexual assault on four women, including three minors at the time of the events, between 1997 and 2014, accusations which he contests.

The file includes other alleged facts: a rape of a 15-year-old girl in December 1997 in Paris, a sexual assault on a 17-year-old girl at the end of 2012, and a rape reported by a woman born in 1973 dating back to 2011. Sébastien Cauet appeared before the investigating judge on October 14, 2026, the date on which his first interrogation on the merits was held. since his indictment.