The investigation was launched in Pau after rape charges against writer Frederik Beigbeder were dropped this Friday, July 26, due to a “lack of serious or consistent evidence”.
Rape complaint against writer Frederick Beigbeder was dismissed this Friday, July 26, the Prosecutor’s Office of Pau announced in a press release. The crime was apparently “undercharacterized.”
July 23, 2023 a woman filed a complaint at the Pau police station against the novelist, whom he accused of rape, which, according to him, took place on the night of July 18-19 in a hotel room. The writer, who was brought to the police on December 12, disputed the facts.
During the preliminary investigation opened by the prosecution, “all the witnesses who could shed any light on the facts” were heard, Pau city prosecutor Rodolphe Jarry said in a press release.
At the end of the investigation, “it did not appear possible to prove the alleged acts of rape, which are described as being carried out behind closed doors,” the prosecution also points out.
Several accusations since #MeToo started
Frederik Beigbeder, TV and radio columnist, literary critic, editor, comic and film screenwriter, actor and director, won with 99 Francs (2000), in which he exposed the scandals of the advertising world: cocaine, cynicism, money. .
Amidst the #MeToo wave, the former Lui magazine editor has come under fire for his inaction in the PPDA case, as well as for supporting Roman Polanski in what he described as “the pack.” free-roaming hyenas” at the 2020 César Awards, not forgetting the belated conviction of his “friend” Gabriel Matzneff, accused of child molestation.