Before the deliberation, expected Thursday at 1 p.m., neither Gérard Depardieu's lawyer, Me Hervé Témime, nor the plaintiff Charlotte Arnould's lawyer, Me Carine Durrieu-Diebolt, wished to comment.
The Paris Court of Appeal must therefore render its decision on Thursday on the actor's request to cancel his indictment for "rape" and "sexual assault" on actress Charlotte Arnould, alleged facts dating from August 2018 .
The investigating chamber had studied on February 3 the request of the monument of French cinema, aged 73, to pronounce the nullity of his indictment concerning these facts which he "totally disputes".
Charlotte Arnould, born in 1995 and aged 22 at the time of the events, presented herself to the gendarmerie in Lambesc (Bouches-du-Rhône) at the end of August 2018, claiming to have been raped a few days earlier twice at the Parisian home. of the star, a mansion in the 6th arrondissement of Paris.
According to a source close to the case, the actor is a friend of the victim's family.
A confrontation between Gérard Depardieu and the young actress organized
The legal proceedings opened in Aix-en-Provence against the French actor, also a Russian citizen since 2013, had been transferred to the capital.
A confrontation between the actor and the young actress had been organized in the premises of the Parisian judicial police.
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The secrets of the rape case against Gérard Depardieu
While the actor asks for the cancellation of his indictment, what exactly is he accused of by the complainant, Charlotte Arnould?
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On June 4, 2019, the public prosecutor had however closed the file without further action after nine months of preliminary investigation, explaining that “the numerous investigations carried out” had “not made it possible to characterize the offenses denounced in all their constituent elements”.
But, in mid-August 2020, the complainant obtained the resumption of the investigation by means of a complaint with civil action.
Gérard Depardieu currently in the cinema
A Parisian investigating judge indicted Gérard Depardieu on December 16, 2020 for "rape" and "sexual assault", leaving him free without judicial control.
The complainant, Charlotte Arnould, spoke in mid-December on Twitter to reveal her identity.
“He works while I spend my time surviving,” she wrote.
I'm Depardieu's victim.
It's been exactly a year since he was indicted.
I can't be quiet anymore… pic.twitter.com/eEmlJKh7AR
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Since his indictment, Gérard Depardieu has been heard on the merits of the case by the investigating judge, according to sources familiar with the matter.
He is currently showing at the cinema in
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