The complaint filed last year against French film legend Gerald Depardieu for sexual assault in 2007 has expired, the prosecutor’s office announced Monday.
Depardieu, 75, has also been accused of rape, more than ten women have accused the star of sexual harassment and assault. Depardieu has denied all allegations.
According to the Prosecutor’s Office, at the end of December, the investigation into the complaint by actress Helene Darras, according to which Depardieu had groped her in 2007 during the filming of the film, had been abandoned.
Lawyers for Darras and Depardieu have not yet commented on the prosecutor’s announcement. Darras filed the complaint last September and had previously spoken to investigators and the news portal Mediapart.
Depardieu was accused of rape and sexual assault in 2020 based on a complaint from actress Charlotte Arnould. Spanish journalist Ruth Baza recently said she filed a complaint against Depardieu in December, alleging that the movie star had raped her in Paris nearly 30 years ago.
2024-01-22 15:33:00
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