This is the first time he has spoken publicly since his indictment in December.
Gérard Depardieu chose to answer questions from the Italian daily
La Repubblica
and respond to the accusations leveled against him by a young actress who filed a rape complaint.
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“
There is no proof, there is nothing against me and therefore I am very serene,
explains the actor.
I can only dismiss as clearly as possible, as already done before the investigators, all the accusations.
"He explains having a"
feeling of sadness and perplexity in front of a completely unfounded story
"and does not understand"
the media hubbub caused by an investigation
"which he considers"
closed
".
“
For me, the investigation was closed for lack of evidence.
In court, I will reaffirm my innocence, he
adds
.
I am innocent and I have nothing to fear.
"He also specifies that he has an appointment
" on March 10 "
with the investigators.
By the way, the comedian curls “
an era dominated by a continuous and merciless flow of information which is poured out on the Net
”.
“
It's like we live with headphones all the time that broadcast bad news and often false or biased information.
I hate it all
, ”he explains.
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Gérard Depardieu, 72, was indicted on December 16 for "
rape
" and "
sexual assault
" he allegedly committed in the summer of 2018 on a young actress, which he disputes, AFP learned on Tuesday from a source close to the case, confirmed by a judicial source.
The complainant, who had denounced to the gendarmerie at the end of August 2018 having been raped twice at the star's Parisian home a few days earlier, had obtained in the summer of 2020 that this investigation, first classified by the Paris prosecutor's office, be entrusted to an examining magistrate.