Luc Besson will not be charged with renewed rape allegations
26 January 2021 Share with: A judge in Paris has ruled against further rape charges to French filmmaker Luc Besson in relation to a case made by actress Sand Van Roy. The decision was made during a closed hearing in the French capital on Monday. Examining magistrate Marie-Claire Noiriel ruled in favour of Besson and his lawyer, Thierry Marembert, declaring the moviemaker an "assisted witness", meaning an individual who is not under formal investigation but is alleged to have committed a crime and could still be implicated if evidence of their guilt is brought forward. "This hearing in Paris i...