PARIS (Reuters) – The investigating chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal confirmed on Thursday the indictment for “rape” and “sexual assault” of Grard Depardieu, considering that “serious or concordant indications” weighed on the French actor, announced the Attorney General, Rémy Heitz.
The facts of which a young actress, Charlotte Arnould, accuses Grard Depardieu go back to the beginning of August 2018 and would have occurred twice in the actor’s private mansion, Paris.
The interpreter of “Cyrano de Bergerac”, who is now 73 years old, was indicted on December 16, 2020 following a complaint from the young woman, aged 22 at the time of the events, at the end of August 2018.
Grard Depardieu, who disputes the accusations of the actress, had taken legal action to cancel his indictment. He is indicted without judicial review.
“In its judgment, the investigating chamber rejected the motion for nullity filed by Grard Depardieu, in accordance with the requisitions of the general prosecutor’s office”, specified in a press release the public prosecutor at the Paris Court of Appeal.
She “considers that there are, at this stage, serious or concordant indications which justify that Grard Depardieu remains indicted”.
The investigation of the file therefore continues.
Charlotte Arnould came out of silence on December 16 on Twitter to reveal her identity and confirm her accusations against Grard Depardieu. “He works while I spend my time surviving,” she wrote in particular about the actor, who plays Commissioner Maigret in a film by Patrice Leconte released on February 23 on French screens.
(Nicolas Delame, Myriam Rivet and Sophie Louet, told by Blandine Hnault and Marc Angrand)