Overview

• The Federal Tribunal rejected Ramadan’s appeal, confirming the 2024 Geneva verdict of three years in prison with one year to serve.
• Judges highlighted concordant witness statements, medical notes and private expert opinions as the basis for the conviction.
• The court rejected arguments of arbitrary evidence assessment and ruled there was no violation of the presumption of innocence.
• The case stems from an incident in a Geneva hotel in October 2008 and was reported in 2018 after allegations surfaced in France in 2017.
• Ramadan, 63, denies the allegations and is also due to stand trial in France in March 2026 over separate rape accusations.