When The Hollywood Reporter spoke to Argento after her speech and asked her about the Besson allegation, Argento answered, “I’ve known for eight months.”
When asked if she knew about the allegation against Besson, Argento said she’d been aware of them for almost a year.
On Saturday, French director Luc Besson was accused of raping a 27-year-old French actress who had worked with him on two films.
“I was raped by Harvey Weinstein here at Cannes,” Argento said in her Cannes speech before delivering the award for Best Actress.