Depardieu (75 years old) was previously charged on 16 December 2020 with rape and sexual assault after Arnault complained that he raped her twice at his home in Paris on 7 August and 13 , 2018.
The decision whether or not to hold a trial rests with the investigating judge responsible for the case.
One of Depardieu’s defense agents did not respond after Agence France-Presse tried to contact him.
Charlotte Arnault’s lawyer, Karen Durieux-Debault, said that the demands of these prosecutors “are the result of a long investigation in which elements have been gathered that support my client’s statements.”
She said, “Arno believes that this is a big step forward which is his hope while he waits for the decision of the investigating judge.
The actor, who is accused by other women of sexual violence, denies these allegations. In October 2023, he confirmed in an open letter published by the newspaper “Le Figaro” that he is “not a rapist or a sexual predator.” He said, “I have never assaulted a woman,” referring to Charlotte Arnault’s allegations.
The 28-year-old actress “first filed a complaint at a police station in the south of France in August 2018, and then the legal procedures were transferred to Paris after she was initiated in Aix-en-Provence,” according to the public. Prosecution in Paris.
In June 2019, the Public Treasury completed its first investigations, which took nine months, noting that “the many investigations carried out did not allow the reported violations to be explained in the their constituent elements.”
Then, on March 10, 2020, Arnault filed a complaint with the civil charge before the main investigative judge in Paris.
The Public Prosecutor said, “After reconsidering the procedure, the Public Finance of Paris requested on July 31, 2020, that a legal investigation be opened about crimes of rape.
Also, Depardieu will be tried in October before the Paris Criminal Court on charges that he sexually assaulted two women during the filming of the movie “Les Volets Verts” by director Jean Becker in 2021.
