The grievance has little hope of resulting in fees because of the statute of limitations in France.
Rennes:
A girl has accused French display legend Gerard Depardieu of allegedly sexually assaulting her throughout a 2014 movie shoot, in keeping with the police grievance and a newspaper report.
Depardieu, 75, has been charged with rape in one other case and has been accused of sexual harassment and assault by greater than a dozen ladies. He denies the allegations.
The girl registered a grievance on January 9 accusing Depardieu of “sexual assault on a susceptible particular person by somebody abusing the authority of their perform”, in keeping with the doc seen by AFP late Thursday.
She instructed regional newspaper Le Courrier de l’Ouest that he groped her “throughout” and made “inappropriate” remarks whereas she was a 24-year-old assistant on the set in western France of 2015 movie “Le magician et le Siamiois” (“The Magician and the Siamese”).
The statute of limitations for an alleged sexual assault on an grownup in France is six years.
Depardieu was in 2020 charged with rape and sexual assault after actor Charlotte Arnould filed her personal grievance over allegations relationship to 2018.
One other sexual assault grievance filed final yr by actor Helene Darras, who mentioned Depardieu groped and propositioned her throughout a 2007 movie shoot, has been dropped for being previous the statute of limitations.
Spanish journalist and writer Ruth Baza mentioned that she had filed a felony grievance in Spain in opposition to Depardieu final month, claiming he raped her in 1995 in Paris.
The grievance has little hope of resulting in fees because of the statute of limitations in France, which is 20 years for the alleged rape of an grownup.
However Baza mentioned she determined to go forward anyway within the hope that it might “assist different folks” to do the identical.
Repeated allegations in opposition to Depardieu have grow to be a culture-war frontline in France, dividing the world of cinema and pitting feminist teams in opposition to the actor’s defenders — together with President Emmanuel Macron.
The French chief in December mentioned Depardieu ought to benefit from the presumption of innocence, calling him an “immense actor” and insinuating he was the sufferer of a “man hunt”.
Macron extra not too long ago allowed that he had not “mentioned sufficient how essential the phrases of ladies who’re victims of this violence are”.
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