French prosecutors demand rape charges against film director | News

Le Besco, 41, then filed a complaint alleging rape during a relationship with Jacquot that also began when she was a minor, and Roy, 34, accused him of sexual assault.

Jacquot has denied all allegations.

For now, the public prosecutor’s office does not appear to be bringing any charges in connection with Godreche’s allegations against Jacquot.

However, they have asked an investigating judge to charge him with “rape, sexual assault and violence” that he is suspected of having committed against Roy between 2013 and 2018.

The public prosecutor’s office also requested charges of “rape of a minor by a person in authority” and “rape by a partner”, which Le Besco is believed to have committed between 1998 and 2000 and then in 2007.

They demanded the release of Jacquot, who spent two nights in custody, but under judicial supervision.

Another director, 80-year-old Jacques Doillon, was also detained for questioning on Monday morning.

However, he was released on Tuesday evening “for medical reasons,” the public prosecutor’s office said. A decision has yet to be made about further measures.

Godreche had accused him of sexually harassing her during a film shoot when she was 15. Le Besco and another actress, Anna Mouglalis, 46, claimed the filmmaker forcibly kissed them in 2011.

Doillon has also denied the allegations.

Godreche has become a leading voice in France’s #MeToo movement since she accused Jacquot of manipulating and abusing her as a teenager earlier this year.