French actor Gerard Depardieu has been charged with rape and sexual assault allegedly committed in 2018 against a female actor in her 20s, media reported. Prosecutors dropped an initial investigation into the accusations due to lack of evidence in 2019. However, the probe was revived last summer. Depardieu, 72, is still free but under observation. He completely rejects the accusations as false.
I would love it if these reports would be confidential to the public until convicted. I’m not defending rapists, I’m defending those who are victims of false accusation that have their reputation smeared and lose their job, friends, and family before even being found guilty or innocent. I am not saying the assailant is innocent or guilty in this post.