Gérard Depardieu on June 25, 2018 in Brussels.

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"Me, rapist?"

These are all lies, and the judge will believe me.

"Indicted on December 16 in Paris for two" rapes "and" sexual assault "accused of a young actress since the summer of 2018, Gérard Depardieu denied en bloc in an interview with the Italian newspaper

La Repubblica

Thursday.

Asked about the shooting of a new film by director Patrice Leconte, where he plays the famous commissioner Maigret, the actor accuses him: “On March 10, I will appear in court, where I will have the opportunity to claim a again my innocence ”.

Gérard Depardieu evokes "the totally unfounded character of the accusations", adding: "For me the investigation was closed, I am innocent and I have nothing to fear.

There is no proof, there is nothing against me.

I can only refute in very clear terms all the accusations, as I have already done before the investigators.

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"I find the media coverage of the case terrible"

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.

The actor says he is "very puzzled about the decision to reopen the investigation", yet classified for "for lack of evidence".

He also prefers to "avoid talking" about the young actress who brought the charges against him.

“I find the media coverage of the case terrible.

We live in an era dominated by a continuous and ruthless flow of information ”, he further lamented.

“With all these streaming channels, the new means of communication, the websites, the social networks, it is as if we are living with a listener that constantly transmits negative and often false and biased news.

I hate it all, ”he concluded.

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Gérard Depardieu indicted in December for "rapes"

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