Liberation announced the demand to reopen the case against Luc Besson.

The prosecutor's office of the Paris Court of Appeal has demanded to reopen the investigation into the rape case against director Luc Besson. This was reported on May 12 by the newspaper Libération.

"A new element has emerged that may characterize the new charges [...], justifying the resumption of the investigation for further study, which should be referred to the investigative chamber," the publication says.

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