Actor Francis Renaud in pre-trial detention for “rape, harassment and violence”

The actor, director and screenwriter Francis Renaud was placed in police custody on Monday for “rape, harassment and violence”, we learned on Tuesday from consistent sources, confirming information from Ici Normandie.

Francis Renaud was placed in police custody Monday afternoon “for acts of rape, harassment and violence following the complaint of his ex-partner,” a source close to the case told AFP. “The latter indicates that she was forced to have sexual relations in her presence with other men for a dozen years,” added this source, “part of the events would have happened in Vernon, where Francis Renaud resides today and in other places in France.” Contacted by AFP, the public prosecutor of Évreux Rémi Coutin confirms the custody of Francis Renaud "as part of an investigation carried out by the DCOS (Organized and Specialized Crime Division, editor's note) of Rouen".

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Similar complaints filed by the actor in 2024

Francis Renaud, 59, has played in numerous films by Olivier Marchal (36 quai des Orfèvres, les Lyonnais and Bronx) but also in TV films such as Zodiaque or the Villemin Affair. In 2024, Francis Renaud filed a complaint for sexual harassment against the film director André Téchiné. He had also filed a complaint against casting director Gérard Moulevrier for sexual assault, and against X for death threats.

The Évreux prosecutor called at the time for “greatest caution” considering that the accusations against Mr. Téchiné did not appear “likely to be qualified as sexual harassment” and that the complaint against Mr. Molevrier concerned “prescribed” facts. Three months after the opening of the investigation, the Paris prosecutor's office closed the case for limitation.