French Actor-Filmmaker Nicolas Bedos to Face Trial in Early 2024 for Alleged Sexual Assault

Elsa Keslassy
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UPDATED: French actor-director Nicolas Bedos will face trial in early 2024 for alleged sexual assault, Variety has confirmed.

Bedos was held in police custody in Paris for over 24 hours and was released on Thursday evening, following a complaint filed by a woman for an alleged sexual assault for an alleged incident which occurred during the night of June 1 in a Parisian club. Bedos allegedly put his hand on the crotch of the woman who was wearing jeans, according to news agency AFP, which reported that it had access to the police complaint.

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Bedos will be trialed for alleged sexual assault under the influence of drunkenness and faces five years in prison and a fine of 75,000 euros, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office.

In a statement sent to Variety, Bedos’ attorney Julia Minkowski said the “custody was lifted. Nicolas Bedos was able to explain himself to the investigators. He does not want to question the plaintiff’s testimony which describes an inappropriate gesture of a few seconds over jeans, but such a gesture, which he does not remember and would have occurred on the dance floor of a nightclub, could only have been accidental, under the influence of drunkenness. He also apologized to the plaintiff.”

A critically acclaimed actor and filmmaker, Bedos is best known for “La Belle Epoque” which played at Cannes and won best supporting actress for Fanny Ardant, original screenplay for Bedos and Dora Tillier and production design at the Cesar Awards in 2020, out of 11 nominations.

He recently wrapped a big-budget Amazon original series, “Alphonse,” starring Oscar-winning actor Jean Dujardin (“The Artist”) as a chameleon-like male escort on a mission to please women and satisfy all their wishes. The series, whose exact plot has not yet been revealed, “tackles the relations between men and women in a way that should resonate in today’s world,” said its producer Alain Goldman.

Bedos’ latest film, “Mascarade” played at Cannes, out of competition, in 2022. The film, which stars Pierre Niney, Marine Vacth, Isabelle Adjani and Francois Cluzet, is a heist romance set on the French Riviera.

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