The two investigations for "rape of minors" targeting producer Gérard Louvin and her husband Daniel Moyne were dismissed in January by the Paris prosecutor's office, sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.
These two investigations were opened in January and August 2021 by the Paris public prosecutor's office, which confirmed that it had closed the first because the facts were time-barred and indicated that it had put an end to the second for "insufficiently characterized offense".
In January 2021, Olivier A. had filed a complaint, accusing his uncle Gérard Louvin of having "favoured" incestuous rapes committed on him by the producer's husband, Daniel Moyne, in the 1980s. Subsequently, several other complaints for "rape" and "sexual assault" against the couple had been filed in Paris, and a preliminary investigation had been opened by the prosecutor's office in the capital.
He confirmed that this procedure "was closed without further action in January 2022 due to the acquisition of the prescription of the public action".
“After careful examination of the procedure, we regret to inform you that the facts that you denounce are covered by the prescription, preventing any prosecution from being brought against the respondent”, had indicated the prosecution in a letter. to the plaintiffs in mid-January.
The lawyer convinced that unbarred victims exist
Pierre Debuisson, lawyer for several plaintiffs, says he is convinced that non-prescribed victims exist.
"My clients are still waiting for them to come forward," he said, adding that they are "considering filing a complaint with civil action" to obtain the appointment of an investigating judge.
In early August, the Paris prosecutor's office opened another investigation, also "for rape of minors", after indirect testimony accusing the two men of organizing "
paying sex parties
with minors from the favelas" in Brazil in 2004, which they disputed.
This other procedure "has meanwhile been dismissed", also in January, "because of an insufficiently characterized offense", also indicated the Paris prosecutor's office.
“It is a fair application of the criminal law, it is quite normal for Gérard Louvin to be completely exonerated by French justice”, commented his lawyer, Christophe Ayela.
“It's a victory.
Justice has been done, it is a great relief, it was a long and painful procedure for my client.
We are happy to have trusted our legal system, because today, their honor is washed, ”reacted Céline Bekerman, lawyer for Daniel Moyne.
