Paris, Sept 3, (dpa/GNA) – French actor Gérard Depardieu, is to stand trial for an alleged rape in 2018, after a decision by an investigating judge,
according to information obtained by the French news agency AFP on Tuesday.
Depardieu, 76, faces up to 20 years in prison if found guilty of the rape of actress Charlotte Arnould, who is 29.
Arnould laid charges against Depardieu, days after the alleged attack.
On Tuesday, she expressed relief at the decision in a post on Instagram: “Seven years later, seven years of horror and hell … I think I’m having
trouble realizing how huge this is. I’m relieved.”
Depardieu has rejected the allegations and insisted his relationship with Arnould, was consensual.
He was handed a suspended sentence in May for sexually assaulting two women while filming in 2021. He has lodged an appeal against the verdict.
GNA