Dominique Boutonnat, Head Of France’s National Cinema Center, In Police Custody Facing Sexual Assault & Attempted Rape Accusation

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French actor Gerard Depardieu is speaking out after the public learned he was charged in December with rape and sexual assault in a 2018 case that was revived by authorities.  Depardieu, 72, was handed the preliminary charges on Dec.

Content warning: the following story contains descriptions of sexual assault.French actor Gérard Depardieu has been charged with the alleged rape and sexual assault of an actor in her 20s in 2018.As The Guardian reports, an initial investigation was launched following the allegations several years ago.

French actor Gerard Depardieu was charged with rape and sexual assault in December from a 2018 case that was revived by authorities.  The Paris prosecutor’s office told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Depardieu was not detained when he was handed the preliminary charges on Dec. 16.

Gérard Depardieu has been charged by French authorities with rape, it was revealed Tuesday. The 72-year-old actor was charged in December, but the news did not come to light until now.Agence France-Presse was the first to report the charges, citing a judicial source.

Naman Ramachandran French actor Gerard Depardieu (“Cyrano de Bergerac”) has been charged with rape and sexual assault in connection with a 2018 case, according to news agency AFP, which is quoting a judicial source.The case against the 72-year-old actor was dropped in 2019 following a lack of evidence, but was reopened in 2020, and criminal charges were filed in December, according to the source.The victim is an actress in her 20s who accuses Depardieu of raping and assaulting her at his Paris

Gerard Depardieu has been charged with rape and sexual assault.

French news agency AFP reported Tuesday.An initial investigation into the accusations was dropped in 2019 for lack of evidence, but the case was reopened last summer, and criminal charges were filed in December, an unnamed judicial source told the AFP.A 20-year-old actress accused Depardieu of having raped and sexually assaulted her at his Parisian home in August 2018.

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Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentDominique Boutonnat, the president of France’s powerful National Film Board, will remain in post despite his indictment last week following a lawsuit for alleged sexual assault and attempted rape filed by his 22-year-old godson.Boutonnat, a 51-year-old film financier and producer who took the helm of the CNC in July 2019, was placed under investigation on Feb. 11 after a police complaint was filed by the son of long-time friends on Oct.

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Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentDominique Boutonnat, president of France’s powerful National Film Board (CNC), has been indicted for attempted rape and sexual assault on Thursday following a complaint filed by his 22-year-old godson on Oct. 7.The news was confirmed by the court of Nanterre near Paris to the AFP.

Dominique Boutonnat, president of France's National Cinema Center (CNC), has been taken into police custody on suspicion of sexual assault and attempted rape, according to AFP. The film exec was reportedly arrested following a complaint from his 22-year-old godson, who filed a complaint in October relating to an incident in August 2020.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentDominique Boutonnat, president of France’s powerful National Film Board (CNC), is being sued for attempted rape and sexual assault by his 22-year-old godson. He has been held in custody since Wednesday morning.The news was first reported by BFM TV, the news channel.

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