A French judge on Monday ruled to dismiss further charges against Luc Besson in connection to the ongoing rape case brought against the director by actress Sand Van Roy.
Examining magistrate Marie-Claire Noiriel spent close to five hours in a closed hearing questioning Besson before deciding not to allow further charges in the case.
In May 2018 Van Roy alleged she had been raped by Besson — the director of The Fifth Element, Nikita, Lucy and Leon: The Professional — at the Le Bristol luxury hotel in Paris.
The Belgian-Dutch actress has small roles in Besson's Taxi 5 and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets and was in an intimate relationship with the director for two years.
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