Paris court declines to drop rape charges against Depardieu
A French court on Thursday rejected a bid by star actor Gérard Depardieu to have rape charges against him dropped, the chief prosecutor in the case said. The actor, 73, was last year charged with raping and sexually assaulting young French actress Charlotte Arnould at his home in Paris three years earlier, an accusation he has called "baseless". The case will now go back to the prosecuting magistrate who is to resume her work on the case, Paris chief prosecutor Remy Heitz said.
Source: france24.com