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French film director Luc Besson denies rape claims

Lawyer for Besson, who directed, 'Le Grand Bleu', 'Leon', 'Subway', 'The Fifth Element' and 'Nikita', dismissed actress's allegations as 'fantasist'.

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Police in Paris are investigating a rape allegation made against Luc Besson, one of France's best-known film directors, reports the BBC.

The complaint was filed by an actress at a Paris police station on Friday.

"Luc Besson categorically denies these fantasist accusations," the director's lawyer Thierry Marembert told the AFP news agency.

"[The complainant] is someone he knows, towards whom he has never behaved inappropriately."

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