The young woman who filed a complaint for “rape” and “sexual assault” against Gérard Depardieu came out of the silence for the first time.
The actress and dancer Charlotte Arnould revealed on social networks to be the alleged victim of the actor. Hitherto anonymous, she had told the gendarmerie in August 2018 to have been raped twice at the star’s Parisian home a few days earlier. First closed in 2019, the case was relaunched in 2020 following a new complaint, and entrusted to an investigating judge.
This Thursday, December 16, one year to the day after the indictment of Gérard Depardieu for “rape” and “sexual assault”, the alleged victim therefore shared a message on Twitter in which she also confides for the first time.
“Today I need to live in the truth. I live hidden and in silence. It is no longer bearable. I need to express myself. I was raped by Gérard Depardieu in August 2018. He has been indicted for a year. He works while I spend my time surviving“, writes in particular the young woman.