Franco-Polish filmmaker is called to appear in California in 2025 for acts dating back to 1973. The woman whose identity is unknown made these accusations public in 2017.
In 1977, accused of having drugged and raped Samantha Gailey (later Geimer), then aged 13, he was convicted of “illegal sexual relations”. Since then, around ten other women have accused him of sexual assault and rape. Accusations that he contests “with the greatest firmness”, according to his Parisian lawyer.