PARIS - Police in Paris have opened an investigation after an actress accused French film director Luc Besson of rape, judicial sources said Saturday. French director Luc Besson, pictured in February 2018, is accused of rape"Luc Besson categorically denies these fantasist accusations," the film-maker's lawyer Thierry Marembert told AFP. One source close to the investigation said Besson was out of the country and had not been questioned. Besson, who heads the EuropaCorp production and distribution company, created the Cite du cinema studio complex north of Paris in 2012. Besson is a top name in the French film universe with 12 Cesar nominations and 17 films under his belt.

Source: Bangkok Post May 19, 2018 18:45 UTC