
Filmmaker & Opera Director Benoît Jacquot Charged with Rape
French director Benoît Jacquot has been charged with the rape of two actresses. According to Paris Prosecutors, Julia Roy and Isild Le Besco have accused the 77-year-old director. According to the New York Times, “Roy, 34, and Le Besco, 41, publicly accused Jacquot of keeping them in similarly abusive relationships and of sexually abusing them when they were much younger {…}