French actor Gerard Depardieu charged with alleged rape and sexual assault from 2018 case - Fox News

French actor Gerard Depardieu was charged with rape and sexual assault in December from a 2018 case that was revived by authorities. .

The prosecutor’s office addressed the charges after the case was leaked to French media.

French media reports said the charges relate to allegations made by an actress in her 20s that date back to 2018.

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French newspaper Le Parisien and broadcaster BFM TV said the woman alleged that Depardieu assaulted her on Aug.

The actress, who has not been named, first filed a complaint with details of alleged rape and assault in August 2018 in the southern French city of Aix-en-Provence.

The Paris prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday, commenting on charges after they were leaked to the French press, saying that French actor Gerard Depardieu was handed preliminary rape and sexual assault charges on Dec.

Depardieu’s lawyer Hervé Temime did not immediately return Fox News' request for comment but he has previously said that the actor "absolutely denies any rape, any sexual assault, any crime.".

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