- Luc Besson was accused of raping a woman in 2018.
- The case was dismissed by a French court in 2022.
- Besson has denied the allegations since they were first made.
French filmmaker Luc Besson has been definitively cleared of all charges in a rape case. The case was dismissed by a French court in 2022, after the woman who accused him of rape withdrew her complaint.
The woman, who has not been named, accused Besson of raping her in 2018. She filed a complaint with the police in 2019, and the case went to trial in 2021. However, the woman withdrew her complaint before the trial began, and the case was dismissed.
Besson has denied the allegations since they were first made. He has said that the relationship was consensual, and that he is “happy that the truth has finally come out.”
The dismissal of the case is a victory for Besson, but it is also a reminder of the challenges that victims of sexual assault face.