Actor Gerard Depardieu poses throughout a photocall to advertise the film ‘Saint Amour’ on the 66th Berlinale Worldwide Movie Pageant in Berlin, Germany February 19, 2016. REUTERS/Stefanie Loos/File Picture
PARIS, March 10 (Reuters) – A Paris court docket stated on Thursday it could press forward with an investigationinto Gerard Depardieu, one of many nation’s most well-known actors whom an actresshas accused of rape.
Prosecutors in 2019 dropped the investigation, citing inadequate proof, solely to select it up once more later that yr after a brand new grievance was made to police.
In December 2021, French actress Charlotte Arnould revealed on social media that she was the girl behind the accusation, saying that she couldn’t bear to stay silent any longer.
The Paris enchantment court docket stated on Thursday it had rejected Depardieu’s request to drop the investigation.
“The chamber considers that there are, at this stage, critical and constant indicators justifying that Gerard Depardieu stay underneath investigation,” it stated.
The actor, by his lawyer, has beforehand “firmly rejected” the accusation.
Thursday’s determination on whether or not or to not finish the investigation didn’t contact on the difficulty of Depardieu’s legal legal responsibility. He has not but been indicted.
Depardieu has starred in scores of French-language motion pictures, rising to prominence in 1974 with “Going Locations”, and gained worldwide recognition with a starring position within the 1990 English-language comedy “Inexperienced Card”. He received a Golden Globe finest actor award for that position.
His efficiency within the French-language “Cyrano de Bergerac” the identical yr received him the award for finest male efficiency on the Cannes movie competition, and a nomination in the perfect main actor class on the 1990 Academy Awards.
In 2013, Russian President Vladimir Putin granted Depardieu Russian citizenship. The actor acquired his new passport in individual from Putin on the Russian chief’s residence on the Black Coastline.
Reporting by Tassilo Hummel and Sudip Kar-Gupta; Enhancing by Hugh Lawson and Nick Macfie
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