“I was raped by Gérard Depardieu in August 2018. He has been indicted for a year.
He works while I spend my time surviving ”.
Charlotte Arnould, the young actress who accuses the French actor of rape and sexual assault, posts a long message on social networks, assuring that she "can no longer be silent".
“Today I need to live in the truth.
I live hidden and in silence.
It is no longer bearable.
I need to express myself, ”the young woman wrote on Twitter on Thursday, receiving a lot of support.
I am Depardieu's victim
. He's been indicted
for exactly
a year.
I can't be silent anymore… pic.twitter.com/eEmlJKh7AR
- Charlotte Arnould #Artist (@CharloteArnould) December 16, 2021
According to her, her life "has eluded her for three years" and she wants "to live without denying herself".
While the anonymity of the young woman had hitherto been preserved, Charlotte Arnould said she feared that her press release would be "an immense shock in (her) life" and affirms that she "gains absolutely nothing if it is not 'is the hope of recovering (his) integrity ”.
"To continue to keep silent is to bury me alive".
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Gérard Depardieu is accused of rape by Charlotte Arnould who filed a first complaint at the end of August 2018 to the gendarmerie of Lambesc (Bouches-du-Rhône).
According to her, the facts she denounces would have taken place at the star's Parisian home, a private mansion in the 6th arrondissement, on August 7 and 13, 2018. A complaint dismissed in the spring of 2019. Then the investigation was again carried out entrusted to an examining magistrate who indicted the actor at the beginning of last year.
The magistrate then considered that there are serious and concordant clues justifying the indictment of Gérard Depardieu.
“My client is contesting his indictment, insisted his lawyer, Me Hervé Temime.
I regret that it is made public, the presumption of innocence being once again flouted ”.
