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Paris Prosecutors Request Trial for Gerard Depardieu Over Rape and Sexual Assault Allegations


Paris prosecutors have requested that French actor Gerard Depardieu stand trial over allegations of rape by digital penetration and sexual assault.

After a lengthy investigation, Paris prosecutors have requested that Gerard Depardieu stand trial over allegations of rape by digital penetration and sexual assault made by actor Charlotte Arnould. In a statement sent to Variety today, the Paris Prosecutors’ Office said that it has “requested the referral of Gerard Depardieu to the departmental criminal court to be tried for rape by digital penetration and sexual assault on Aug. 7 and 13, 2018, to the detriment of Charlotte Arnould, born in November 1995.” One of these 13 women, Hélène Darras, an actor with whom Depardieu worked on the comedy “Disco” in 2007, filed a complaint alleging sexual assault last September.

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