Hugues-Denver Akassy

Ivory Coast native Hugues-Denver Akassy, 43, was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Manhattan judge on Thursday.

Hugues-Denver Akassy was found guilty of raping a tourist by a Manhattan jury on Monday. Prosecutors said he preyed on Upper West Side women.

The trial of Hugues-Denver Akassy, who allegedly raped a woman in Riverside Park, came to a close on Wednesday.

An accused rapist denied stalking a young attorney outside her Upper West Side apartment.

Accused rapist Hugues-Denver Akassy, 43, insisted that an alleged rape in Riverside Park was consensual.

Hugues-Denver Akassy, who's accused of sexually assaulting women on the Upper West Side, took the witness stand in his own defense.  

Alleged 'Riverside Rapist' Hugues-Denver Akassy is on trial in Manhattan Supreme Court for incidents against five women, including rape. 

Hugues Akassy stalked three women and forced a fourth into oral sex, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors are asking people who may have had contact with Hugues-Denver Akassy in Washington, D.C. to come forward.

Hugues-Denver Akassy, the "Riverside Park Rapist," was charged with raping a tourist he met shopping in midtown.

Hugues-Denver Akassy is expected to be grilled by prosecutors on Tuesday, his second day before a grand jury.

Hugues-Denver Akassy, the accused Riverside Park rapist, has reportedly attacked multiple women.

Alleged Riverside Park rapist Hugues-Denver Akassy had charisma and charm, a D.C. neighbor said.

The so-called Riverside Park Rapist had a history of run-ins with women in the West 70s.

Hugues-Denver Akassy claims he took woman on romantic dates before having consensual sex in Riverside Park.