French actor Gerard Depardieu is speaking out after the public learned he was charged in December with rape and sexual assault in a 2018 case that was revived by authorities.
Depardieu, 72, was handed the preliminary charges on Dec. 16 but was not detained at the time.The prosecutor’s office addressed the charges on Tuesday after the update on the case was leaked to French media.
The actor’s lawyer Hervé Temime issued a statement to Fox News addressing the charges in which he maintained his client's innocence in the matter. "Mr.
Depardieu was indicted in December 2020, an information that had remained secret since then, in accordance with French law," the statement read. "This information became public yesterday, which is regrettable.
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