An investigation of allegations of rape and sexual assault involving the French film star Gérard Depardieu was dropped on Tuesday because of a lack of incriminating evidence, the Paris prosecutor’s office said, reports The New York Times.
The investigation concerning Mr. Depardieu, 70, was opened last August after a young actress accused him of sexually assaulting her on two occasions that month at his home in the Sixth Arrondissement of Paris.
According to French news reports, Mr. Depardieu had taken the actress, a woman in her 20s, “under his wing” and had given her career advice. The woman, who has not been identified by the French authorities, accused Mr. Depardieu of assaulting her during informal rehearsals for a theater production.
But the Paris prosecutor’s office, in dropping the inquiry on Tuesday, said that “numerous investigations” had been unable to substantiate the woman’s accusations.