The Paris public prosecutor’s office announced the news Monday,according to the Associated Press.

The actor haspreviously denied the allegations.

Thirteen other women accused him of sexual violence in a 2023Mediapart report.

French actor Gerard Depardieu poses during a photocall for the second season of the French TV show “Marseille” broadcasted and co-produced by US streaming video giant Netflix, on February 18, 2018 in Marseille, southern France.

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The actor denied these allegations in anopen letterlater that year.

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