(ANSA) - PARIS, FEBRUARY 23 - Gérard Depardieu, the most popular French cinema actor, is officially under investigation for rape and sexual violence, crimes he allegedly committed against a young actress in the summer of 2018 and which he has always denied. It is learned from judicial sources. The alleged victim had reported to the gendarmerie at the end of August 2018 that she had been raped a few days earlier on two occasions in the actor's Parisian home.
The investigation was initially closed by the prosecutor, then in the summer of 2020 the victim had obtained the reopening. (HANDLE).