David Guillod accused of rape, kidnapping and harassment

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Monday June 22, Hollywood producer and celebrity agent David Guillod was charged with sexual harassment, kidnapping and rape, according to the American justice system.

The slamming universe of Hollywood cinema falters once again. David Guillod, producer (Atomic Blonde, 2017 and Tyler Rake, 2020) and star confidant is accused by four women of rape, kidnapping and sexual harassment. The man voluntarily surrendered Monday to police in Santa Barbara, California, according to his lawyer. His bail was set at $ 3 million. David Guillod, who says he is not guilty, has been charged with 11 charges in total, for various alleged facts dating back to 2012, and faces life in prison, AFP reports. .

The accusations

The names of the complainants were not released by the Santa Barbara County prosecutors. But it is revealed that the case involves three women in Santa Barbara and one in Los Angeles. David Guillod, is accused of an alleged abduction and rape in Santa Barbara in December 2014, during a stay in a wine region, according to the Los Angeles Times. In addition, he was also charged with the alleged rape of two drugged and unconscious women over a 48-hour period in January 2015. In the past, actress Jessica Barth (who starred in the film Ted) had claimed that the producer had drugged and sexually assaulted him during a meeting in 2012.

David Guillod's lawyer says

For the producer's lawyer, Philip Cohen, "Mr. Guillod has been slandered for eight years without having the opportunity to respond under oath to his accusers", he said in a statement to AFP. He "can't wait to wash his name in an appropriate setting ". "We find the pooling of these cases and its timing suspicious ", added the lawyer. David Guillod had cooperated with justice, and emails and texts "show a very different story than the one being told", he said.

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