Actor Sofiane Bennacer, 25, was indicted in October in Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin) for the alleged rapes of two former companions and violence against a third, we learned on Tuesday from the prosecutor of the Republic, Edwige Roux-Morizot.
Revelation of Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi's latest film,
Les Amandiers
,
released in November, the actor "
disputes everything
", indicated the magistrate to AFP, confirming information from the newspaper
Le Parisien
.
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“
There were two indictments for acts of rape
” on two ex-companions as well as a third “
indictment for violence against
a spouse”, specified the prosecutor of Mulhouse, where the case is being investigated.
As part of a fourth complaint filed by another ex-companion who denounced acts of rape, he was placed under the more favorable status of assisted witness, said Ms. Roux-Morizot.
Judicial control and prohibition to see the complainants
The actor was placed under judicial supervision, continued the prosecutor, specifying that his prosecution had initially requested his placement in pre-trial detention.
His judicial control prohibits him from going to Paris and the Paris region, to Strasbourg as well as to Mulhouse.
According to the magistrate, he is also prohibited from meeting the complainants and witnesses, including Ms. Bruni-Tedeschi, heard as a witness in the case.
According to
Le Parisien
, she would be the partner of the actor.
The alleged facts would have occurred "
between 2018 and 2019
" in Mulhouse, Strasbourg and Paris, and the alleged victims evolve "
in the world of theater
", according to Edwige Roux-Morizot.
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According to
Le Parisien
, one of the complainants claims that the actor allegedly abused her behind the scenes at La Filature theater school in Mulhouse.
The alleged victims “
describe an affair under the influence, during which non-consensual relations would have taken place
”, affirms the daily.
The National Theater of Strasbourg (TNS), where Sofiane Bennacer had been admitted to school in 2019, had seized the Ministry of Culture of the facts "
of sexist, sexual violence and harassment of which she had been informed
", according to the newspaper .
The ministry then made a report to the courts, said Roux-Morizot, without specifying the date.
Asked Tuesday evening by AFP, the TNS could not be reached immediately.
Sofiane Bennacer is one of sixteen actors (and sixteen actresses) selected in mid-November as "
emerging talents
" by the Revelations Committee of the Académie des César.
This list is sent "
for information
" to members of the Academy as part of their vote for the 2023 Césars for Best Female Hope and Best Male Hope.