French actor Gerard Depardieu has been summoned to face trial in Paris over allegations of rape and sexual assault towards actress Charlotte Arnould.
“I feel relieved,” Ms Arnould wrote on Instagram after receiving the choose’s indictment order.
“The order restores a form of judicial truth. I think I’m having trouble realising how huge this is.”
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Charlotte Arnould. Pic: Reuters
Ms Arnould’s lawyer, Carine Durrieu-Diebolt, informed French outlet Franceinfo she was “extremely satisfied” and stated the choice was a “moment of judicial truth in this case”.
In 2018, prosecutors in Paris opened a preliminary investigation after Ms Arnould accused Depardieu of raping her at his dwelling. He has denied wrongdoing.
“The acts of rape and sexual assault have been acknowledged,” Ms Arnould stated. “Now, we await the next steps.”
Final yr, prosecutors submitted a request for the case to proceed to trial.
Earlier this yr, Depardieu was convicted of sexually assaulting two ladies on a movie set and acquired an 18-month suspended jail sentence.
The 76-year-old was convicted of groping a 34-year-old assistant and a 54-year-old lady chargeable for adorning the set in the course of the filming of Les Volets Verts (The Inexperienced Shutters) in 2021.
The courtroom ordered his identify to be listed within the nationwide intercourse offender database.
Depardieu, some of the outstanding figures in French cinema for many years, informed the courtroom his profession contains greater than 250 movies.
In 1991, he was nominated for an Oscar for his efficiency because the swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac.
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In recent times, Depardieu has been accused of misconduct, both publicly or in formal complaints, by greater than 20 ladies.
Up to now, solely the sexual assault case has proceeded to courtroom, with different instances dropped over a scarcity of proof or an expired statute of limitations.
