Rape investigation against Gérard Depardieu resumed



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An investigation against French film star Gérard Depardieu for alleged sexual harassment and rape was relaunched in the summer of 2018. According to judicial sources, the investigation had already started on December 16, 2020.

The 72-year-old movie star was reported to the Aix-en-Provence prosecutor’s office at the end of August 2018, where an investigation was launched, which was later moved to Paris.

The complainant is a 25-year-old actress and dancer who accuses Dépardieu of having sexually assaulted her in two cases in August 2018 at the actor’s home in Paris.

Gérard Depardieu on February 19, 2016 at the Berlin Film Festival.Photo: Michael Kappeler / dpa / AFP

After 9 months of investigation, the case was closed without charges by the Paris Prosecutor’s Office in June 2019, and the complainant managed to get the prosecutor’s office to reopen the preliminary investigation last summer, which the investigating judge considered the suspicion founded. in December.

Hervé Témime, the movie star’s lawyer, said it was regrettable that the information had been made public.

Gérard Depardie was able to defend himself with a free kick, but was under police surveillance. Deny the accusations. (MTI)

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