French actor Depardieu charged with rape, old case revived

PARIS (AP) — The Paris prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday that French actor Gerard Depardieu was charged last December with rape and sexual assault after authorities revived a 2018 investigation that was initially dropped.
The office told the Associated Press that the French actor was not detained when he was handed the preliminary charges on Dec. 16.
The Paris prosecutor’s office addressed the charges after the case was leaked to French media.
French media reports said the ch