Gérard Depardieu to be investigated after being accused of rape
Actor’s request for the case to be dropped has been denied
A Paris court has rejected Gérard Depardieu’s request to drop the investigation into him following an accusation of rape.
Prosecutors discontinued an initial inquiry into the French actor in 2019 due to a lack of evidence.
They later resumed the case when a new complaint was made to police.
Proceedings were relaunched after the complainant claimed to be an “injured party”.
After initially making the accusation anonymously, actor Charlotte Arnould later came forward to reveal that she made the complaint, stating that she “could not bear to remain silent any longer”.
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/gerard-depardieu-rape-investigation-b2033024.html