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Public prosecutor: French film director Jacquot charged with rape

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An investigating judge on Wednesday filed charges against well-known arthouse film director Benoit Jacquot for alleged rape in a sensational case of the French MeToo movement, the Paris public prosecutor’s office said.

Jacquot, 77, was accused of raping actors Julia Roy (now 34) in 2013 and Isild Le Besco (now 41) between 1998 and 2000, it was said.

He was…

An investigating judge on Wednesday filed charges against well-known arthouse film director Benoit Jacquot for alleged rape in a sensational case of the French MeToo movement, the Paris public prosecutor’s office said.

Jacquot, 77, was accused of raping actors Julia Roy (now 34) in 2013 and Isild Le Besco (now 41) between 1998 and 2000, it was said.

He will be released after two days of interrogation in custody, but will remain under judicial supervision, it said.

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