French actress Judith Godrèche has accused film director Benoît Jacquot of historical rape, filing a complaint with French prosecutors alleging that he raped her when she was 14 in 1986 and committed subsequent offenses in a relationship lasting into the 1990s. Jacquot has denied the allegations, and a preliminary investigation has been opened. The complaint was lodged after Godrèche named him on social media and referred to their relationship in an autobiographical TV show.
French actress Judith Godrèche has filed an official police complaint against director Benoît Jacquot for alleged rapes with violence of a minor less than 15 years old, stemming from their relationship in the late 1980s when she was 14 and he was 40. Godrèche has publicly condemned the relationship and consulted with her lawyer before attending an interview with the police. Jacquot denies the allegations, claiming their relationship was loving. Godrèche has spoken out about the impact of the relationship on her, stating that she now realizes the problematic nature of it, especially as a mother to an adolescent daughter.
