Gérard Depardieu heard by police for rape and sexual assault

Gérard Depardieu has been heard by police Tuesday in free hearing in an investigation in which he is targeted for rape and badual badault, said Wednesday police sources.

The actor "was heard in free hearing" and "did not not placed in custody ", the source said, confirming RTL information.

A friend of the complainant's father

The one who interpreted Cyrano de Bergerac accused of rape and badual badault by a young actress. The complaint against Depardieu, 69, was filed late August at the gendarmerie Lambesc (Bouches-du-Rhone).

The young woman explained that she had visited the actor, who would be a friend of his father, for a professional project they had in common, reports RTL.

The public prosecutor's office in Aix-en-Provence immediately opened a preliminary investigation before relinquishing it on Wednesday to the prosecutor's office in Paris, which entrusted the investigations to the 3rd district of the judicial police (DPJ).

Private mansion in the 6th arrondissement

The facts would have taken place in the Parisian home of the star, a mansion of the very chic 6th arrondissement of ParisAugust 7th and 13th.

"Gerard Depardieu absolutely disputes any aggression, all rape ", had reacted, after filing a complaint, his lawyer Me Hervé Temime.

"I regret the public nature of this procedure, which is causing great damage to Gérard Depardieu, whose I am convinced that innocence will be recognized "said Mr. Temime, calling for "maximum restraint and moderation".