French actor Gerard Depardieu charged with rape, old case revived

Film star was not detained when he was handed the preliminary charges on December 16.

The Paris prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday that French actor Gerard Depardieu was charged last December with rape and sexual assault after authorities revived a 2018 investigation that was initially dropped. The office told the Associated Press news agency that the French actor was not detained when he was handed the preliminary charges on December 16. The Paris prosecutor’s office addressed the charges after the case was leaked to French media.