Movie star was not detained when he was handed the preliminary prices on December 16.
The Paris prosecutor’s workplace mentioned on Tuesday that French actor Gerard Depardieu was charged final December with rape and sexual assault after authorities revived a 2018 investigation that was initially dropped.
The workplace instructed the Related Press information company that the French actor was not detained when he was handed the preliminary prices on December 16.
The Paris prosecutor’s workplace addressed the costs after the case was leaked to French media.
French media experiences mentioned the costs relate to allegations made by an actress in her 20s that date again to 2018. An preliminary inquiry towards the star was dropped in 2019 due to lack of proof, however was later revived.
French newspaper Le Parisien and BFM TV mentioned the actress and dancer alleged that Depardieu assaulted her on August 7 and August 13, 2018 at his residence in Paris. The 2 met when Depardieu led a grasp class at her faculty, BFM TV reported.
The actress, who has not been named, first filed a grievance with particulars of alleged rape and assault in August 2018 within the southern French metropolis of Aix-en-Provence. The probe was taken over by Paris investigators, however was quickly dropped.
Depardieu’s lawyer Herve Temime was not instantly out there for remark, however he has beforehand mentioned that the actor “completely denies any rape, any sexual assault, any crime”.
A protracted profession
Depardieu is amongst France’s most well-known and controversial stars.
He has appeared in 200 movies over six many years and is amongst just a few French actors who’ve made a reputation for themselves in Hollywood. He gained a Golden Globe for his efficiency in Inexperienced Card, a 1990 English-language romantic comedy co-starring Andie MacDowell.
His first large hit in France was Les Valseuses, (Going Locations), Bertrand Blier’s traditional farce about two wandering thugs.
Earlier than crossing the Atlantic to star in Inexperienced Card, Depardieu performed an array of roles starting from Jean Valjean, the thief-turned-saint in Les Miserables, to Christopher Columbus.
In 2014, he performed the main position in Welcome to New York, the movie impressed by the lifetime of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the previous director of the Worldwide Financial Fund who was accused in 2011 of sexually assaulting a lodge maid.