The complaint for sexual assault filed last September by actress Hélène Darras, and whose existence was revealed in December, was closed at the end of December due to the statute of limitations, according to information from RTL confirmed to AFP by the Paris prosecutor's office.
In 2007, Hélène Darras was an extra on the set of the film “Disco” by Fabien Onteniente.
Then aged 26, she had a role as an extra.
She told our colleagues at “Complément d’Enquête” at the beginning of December that she was shocked by the behavior of Gérard Depardieu.
“He is unmanageable.
He looks at me like I'm a piece of meat.
I have an ultra-tight dress, he brings me closer to him by the waist, then he passes his hand over my hips, over my buttocks…” she said, describing a man who smelled of alcohol on his face. plateau.
Gérard Depardieu would have, again according to his testimony, explicitly offered to go up to his dressing room.
The actress tells him “no” but “it doesn’t change anything”, she says: “Between takes, he will continue to grope me”.
The actress agreed to tell the facts to Complément d’Enquête.
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This classification means that justice will not investigate the facts themselves, unless the actress decides to file a new complaint with the constitution of a civil party.
The statute of limitations for sexual assault of an adult is six years after the act was committed.
Hélène Darras was heard in the spring in the Charlotte Arnould proceedings in which Gérard Depardieu is indicted for rape and sexual assault.
Since the actress came out of silence, at least sixteen other women have accused the actor of sexual violence during the filming of films or series.