The Paris Prosecutor's Office believes that actor Gérard Depardieu should be brought to trial accused of rape. This is reported by BFMTV. According to the prosecutor, the 75-year-old French actor is alleged to have committed rape and sexual assault against a woman in August 2018, reports the TV channel.
However, it is up to the investigating judge to decide whether Depardieu should be brought to trial or not.
The woman, a 28-year-old actress, reported Gérard Depardieu to the police in 2018 for rape on two occasions. She claims that he is a friend of her father and that she visited him to seek his advice. The case was initially dropped by the prosecutor due to lack of evidence, but the woman insisted and the investigation was reopened in 2020. Gérard Depardieu has previously denied the allegations.
I have never taken advantage of a woman, he said to Le Figaro last autumn.
In October, he will be brought to trial accused of sexual assault against two women during a film shoot in 2021.
