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Rape inquiry opened after Judith Godrèche files complaint against director
French actor alleges arthouse film-maker Benoît Jacquot groomed her when she was 14 and he was 39
French prosecutors have opened a rape inquiry after the actor Judith Godrèche filed a complaint against the arthouse film director Benoît Jacquot, who she says groomed her when she was 14 and he was 39. She told Le Monde on Wednesday he had groomed her and she remained “in his grip” for six years, starring in two films he directed, Les Mendiants (The Beggars) in 1988 and La Désenchantée (The Disenchanted) in 1990. But after footage emerged from a 2011 TV documentary in which Jacquot boasted about their relationship being a “transgression” and cinema providing a “cover” for it, she decided to name him.
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