Paris Prosecutor’s Office Requests Second Trial For Gérard Depardieu Related To Rape Allegations

The Paris Prosecutor’s Office has requested that actor Gérard Depardieu stand trial in relation to rape allegations by actress Charlotte Arnould, French media reported on Thursday.

The request follows in the wake of a decision in April to try the actor in October on separate charges of sexual assault against two women on the set of the film The Green Shutters in 2021.

A judge has yet to make a decision on the fresh trial request.

Arnould orginally made her allegations again Depardieu in 2018.

The actor has vehemently denied the rape allegations and mounting sexual assault accusations against him in an open letter published in Le Figaro newspaper last October, suggesting his acts had been misinterpreted.

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