French prosecutors have dropped an investigation into claims that the film mogul Luc Besson raped his former girlfriend, his lawyers said on Monday.
The actor Sand Van Roy told police in May that she had been repeatedly raped by Besson, 59, during an on-off relationship.
But his lawyers said that prosecutors had closed their inquiry into the alleged rapes, which Besson had always denied.
Besson “is sad that some people – a minority happily – were too quick to condemn him”, his lawyers said.
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