Gérard Depardieu to face trial over rape and sexual assault allegations

His accuser, Charlotte Arnould, says she is relieved the case is going to court, seven years after she filed a complaint.

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His accuser, actor Charlotte Arnould, said she was relieved the case was going to court, seven years after she filed a complaint.

Depardieu, 76, has denied the charges, insisting his relationship with Arnould was consensual.

He was convicted in May of sexually assaulting two members of a film production crew four years ago - and placed on a list of sex offenders, but not jailed. He had denied their allegations.

"Seven years later, seven years of horror and hell... I think I'm having trouble realising how huge this is. I'm relieved," Arnould wrote in a social media post.