
The 28-year-old young woman, who accused host Sébastien Cauet of rape, committed suicide.
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Julie Ollivier had filed a complaint against Sébastien Cauet in 2023 for acts of rape dating back to 2011 and 2022. The case led to other complaints against the host.
Julie Ollivier, the first woman to file a rape complaint against Sébastien Cauet, committed suicide at the age of 28. His family has announced its intention to continue the legal fight against the host.
She was at the origin of what became “the Cauet affair”. Julie Ollivier, the first woman to accuse host Sébastien Cauet, committed suicide on Monday, November 2, at the age of 28. The MeTooMedia association announced the death of the young woman to AFP and Nouvel Obs.
Julie Ollivier was originally from the Mâcon region, in Saône-et-Loire. We collected his testimony in November 2023, a few days after his filing of a complaint against Cauet, then on RTL. The young woman explained that she had been raped by the famous host, the first time at 16, in Geneva. Another time in 2022. “There is a kind of influence,” she told us. “I felt like I had no choice.”
Julie Ollivier also targeted by complaints
In July 2025, Julie Ollivier also filed a complaint for cyberharassment.
Sébastien Cauet in turn accused her of death threats, moral harassment, and violation of the secrecy of the investigation. He and his partner Nathalie Dartois had filed a complaint, the first time in 2025, and again this year. Julie Ollivier responded that it was a “maneuver to silence her”.
Following Julie Ollivier's testimony, three other women filed a complaint against the host for rape or sexual assault: Sébastien Cauet is accused of raping a teenager, then aged 15, in 1997 in Paris. Sexual assault on a 17-year-old girl in 2012. He was finally indicted for rape of an adult woman in 2011 in Paris.

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