Gérard Depardieu charged with rape and sexual assault

French star is being investigated over an incident with a female actor at his Paris home in 2018

The French actor Gerard Depardieu has been charged with rape and sexual assault, allegedly committed in 2018 against an actor in her 20s, a judicial source told AFP on Tuesday.

An initial investigation into the rape accusations against Depardieu, 72, was dropped in 2019 for lack of evidence but reopened last summer, leading to criminal charges filed in December, the source said.